© IN A welcome move, police have sanctioned a planned protest march by senior doctors on Wednesday this week — following the government’s recent firing of 448 of their juniors, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This comes as jittery authorities also similarly allowed civil servants to toyi-toyi in Harare last month — only to make…
© EXPENSIVE SUVs swooshed past the grass-thatched homes as the noise from a helicopter shattered the Wedza rural peace, marking the return of one of their own, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. [GoogleAd] Saturday, November 30, was a big day at Chiwenga’s rural home as multitudes of people celebrated his return from China where he had…
© AN AIDE to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has claimed that the MDC boss escaped an assassination attempt yesterday after security agents allegedly fired shots at him during a tree-planting event in Marondera, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] However, police immediately denied that they had shot at Chamisa — admitting only to “firing teargas”…
© THE trial of MDC councillor Arnold Batirai Dube, who is facing charges of distributing flyers at a polling station during the 2018 elections in violation of the Electoral Act, has been further postponed. [GoogleAd] Dube is also accused of forging MDC chief of staff Sesel Zvidzai’s signature to enable him to take part in…
© HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba, pictured, has said the city council must have garnishing powers to enable it to recover millions of dollars owed by residents and other organisation. The council has been using debt collectors in the past but Gomba told the Daily News yesterday that its wish is to be given powers to…
© UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe Christ who strengthens me.” understood and exercised their (UZ)’s recently elected Q: You are the first SRC female power, they could remake the first female Student’s president, how do you feel? world.” Let us empower ourselves Representative Council A: I feel so proud and highly and become the innovators and (SRC) president…
© THE refusal by MDC MPs to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the legitimate president of the country and the subsequent retali- ation by Zanu PF legislators is both retrogressive and a bad omen for democracy, analysts say. In August, the MDC MPs whose party president Nelson Chamisa insists he won last year’s presidential elections…
© THE World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations agency, has scaled up its small grains project in Zimbabwe to avert food shortages following the drought. The measures are being implemented at a time the country is experiencing one of its worst droughts in history where over five million people are facing starva- tion due…
© SEXUALLY Transmitted Infections (STIs) have declined by over 700 cases among commercial sex workers in Chiredzi following National Aids Council (Nac) interventions, which have seen them accessing free treatment. Chiredzi district Aids coor- dinator Peter Nyakudya at the weekend said Nac has been training sex workers to mobilise those with STIs for free treatment…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has dismissed the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the right-to-food Hilal Elver’s assertion that Zimbabwe is facing man-made starvation due to economic mismanagement, corruption and partisan distribution of food. The UN expert made her presentation on the dire state of the country’s food situation after an 11-day assessment. She…
