THE government has justified its decision to repossess the late former president Robert Mugabe’s nephew Robert Zhuwao’s Zvimba plot, arguing the process was lawfully done. Zhuwao, who is accused of abandoning the farm since 2011, told the court that the 232-hectare land was offered to him under the land reform programme in 2004. He denied…
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa warned yesterday that the worsening economic situation in the country had created conditions conducive for a revolution, the Daily News reports. This comes as efforts to have Mnangagwa and Chamisa to hold much-needed talks to help fix the country are faltering, with hawks within both Zanu PF and the MDC said…
THE under pressure government yesterday reversed the steep examination fee hikes for Advanced(A) and Ordinary(O) levels that it announced recently, following a backlash from long-suffering parents and legislators. This comes as the government is also under the cosh from restless student unions to reverse its astronomical fees for tertiary education — which were announced at…
ZIMBABWE has recorded its first suspected coronavirus case leading to evacuation of usual patients from Wilkins Infectious Diseases Control Hospital, Harare City health director Prosper Chonzi has said. This comes as the global death toll from the deadly virus has climbed above 2 000 while the total number of confirmed cases is now more than…
THERE was commotion in the National Assembly yesterday after Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa accused MDC MP for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, of linking Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to coronavirus, the Daily News reports. Issues came to a head when National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda directed that minister of Health Obadiah Moyo presents a ministerial statement…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it does not have the powers to investigate the issue of vote buying because it is a criminal case which should be handled by the police. Zec’s response follows a letter written by the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa in which the opposition party demanded that the electoral…
The High Court has ruled that former Zanu PF deputy youth league secretary Lewis Matutu, who was embroiled in a Kwekwe farm ownership wrangle, was allocated the property in error, as it had already been given to the current occupier Onisimo Zhavairo. This was after Matutu, with the assistance of Zanu PF youths, had violently…
THE government has set new passport fees which will see Zimbabweans fork out $150 for an ordinary passport and $600 for an emergency passport. This comes as the government is currently struggling to clear a backlog of up to 400 000 passports dating back to September 2018. Before the latest fee hikes, an ordinary passport…
FRESH from being acquitted on treason charges, firebrand MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to prepare for major civil unrest, unless he halts Zimbabwe’s worsening national rot, the Daily News reports. This comes as the MDC is due to hold a briefing in Harare today — amid growing pressure from…
PARLIAMENT was told yesterday how the government’s subsidised grain was allegedly being smuggled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by millers connected to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), the Daily News reports. The revelations came as the country is experiencing widespread shortages of the staple maize meal — which has put pressure on authorities…
