Monthly Archives: July 2013

Southern Eye By Blondie Ndebele 28 July 2013 ZANU PF activists allegedly pulled down all progressive party posters along the Airport Road and parts of the central business district along the route President Robert Mugabe used ahead of addressing a rally at White City Stadium. MDC’s Bulawayo East candidate David Coltart raised the alarm when […]

News Day By Wellington Toni 27 July 2013 PICTURE THIS: The next Zimbabwe Parliamentarian — former Premier Soccer League chairman Tapiwa Matangaidze and Zimbabwe Football Trust chairman Tshinga Dube. Add former Dynamos secretary general Raymond Kazembe and spice it up with current Under-23 manager Chris Chitindi. This could be the new Parliament, from next Wednesday, […]

STATEMENT REGARDING THE FAILURE BY THE ZEC TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 21 OF THE ELECTORAL ACT  We now have 4 days to go until the election. I have just this morning spoken to our Elections Director in Harare and she advises that despite repeated requests we still have not received the voters roll in any […]

Southern Eye By Nqobile Bhebhe 26 July 2013 A MEMBER of senator David Coltart’s campaign team was on Wednesday detained by police in Bulawayo for allegedly tearing a Zanu PF campaign poster. Coltart said the incident happened at Woodville shopping centre and the accused, Malthus Ncube, is due to appear in court today. Ncube was […]

Statement regarding the breach by the ZEC of section 21 of the Electoral Act Section 21(4) of the Electoral Act states “within a reasonable period of time after the calling of an election, the Commission shall provide, on payment of the prescribed fee, to every political party that intends to contest the election, and to […]

I have spent most of the morning at Tredgold Building with our legal team trying to secure the release of our distribution coordinator Malthus Ncube. Malthus was arrested on Wednesday evening after a sole ZANU PF operative reported to the Police that Malthus had taken down posters of Robert Mugabe in Woodville. I was up […]

Condolence Statement on the untimely death of Chiwoniso Maraire from the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart I just learned with great sadness about the untimely death of Mbira legend Chiwoniso Maraire on Wednesday the 24th of July 2013 in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts […]

The Financial Gazette By Clemence Manyukwe 25 July 2013 GOVERNMENT has virtually been paralysed as ministers and members of the presidium intensify their political campaigns ahead of next week’s polls. A number of government ministers are fighting tooth and nail to retain their seats in the bicameral Parliament in order to stand a good chance […]

The Financial Gazette By Mandla Tshuma 25 July 2013 ZAPU alternate secretary-general, Strike Mkandla (SM) says his party’s main objective in participating in this year’ elections is to continue from where they left in 1987 at the signing of the Unity Accord with ZANU-PF. The Financial Gazette’s  this week caught up with Mkandla who is […]

The Southern Eye By Nqobile Bhebhe 25 July 2013 THE race for Bulawayo East constituency, which has eight candidates vying for the House of Assembly seat, has been billed as one of the most epic battles in the city. The cast consists of incumbent Thabitha Khumalo of MDC-T,  Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister  David […]