RESTIVE members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have told the labour body’s leadership to organise a mass stay-away to force the government to address the current economic crisis. This emerged during a recent consultative meeting held in Harare, one of many by the labour body to chart the way forward in the…
THE City of Bulawayo has recorded an increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) and TB-related deaths at its clinics. According to the latest council minutes, in January this year the local authority initiated 191 patients on tuberculosis treatment up from 128 patients in December last year. During the same month, 22 people died of…
ZIMBABWE today (March 8) celebrates International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. International Women’s Day has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million…
PROCEEDINGS in Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Felton Kamambo and his deputy Phillip Machana’s case have been stalled by the absence of a statement from Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz). Kamambo and Machana are being charged with contravening the Telecommunications Act after sending a series of text messages to Cosafa president Philip Chiyangwa. When…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over the increase in the number of cases of family members who are raping minor children across the country. Rape has become the country’s perennial crime that has hardly seen a day passing without the courts handling such cases. In a statement, ZRP national spokesperson Paul Nyathi…
WOMEN Affairs deputy minister Jenifer Mhlanga has challenged females to find multiple streams of income generation which can help sustain them and their families amid the country’s worsening economic conditions. This comes as Zimbabwe is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade, which according to research has left women and children, particularly those…
THE prices of basic goods and services are set to skyrocket anew, after the local currency plunged against the United States dollar on the black market yesterday, the Daily News reports. This comes as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the country will this year face more economic pain, and also experience a…
MORE than 300 people have been tested for the coronavirus, while another 18, who were in contact with the only diagnosed South African, have been quarantined, SA Health minister Zweli Mkhize said yesterday. He was speaking at the Cowan House Preparatory School in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, where government officials and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases…
MDC legislator for Harare West Johanna Mamombe’s further remand refusal bid was dismissed yesterday after a court ruled that there is no excessive delay in prosecuting her treason case. Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa said Mamombe faced a complex charge which required more time on investigations. Mamombe is accused of attempting to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s…
SUSPENDED NetOne Cellular (Private) Limited (NetOne) chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje has approached the High Court seeking to be reinstated back at work, arguing that the board which decided his fate was improperly constituted. In the application, Muchenje cited Susan Mutangadura, Winston Makamure, Ranganai Mavhunga, Paradzai Chakona, Douglas Mamvura and NetOne, as respondents. The court…
