© MORE than 60 beasts, five tonnes of chicken and 80 goats will be consumed at the Zanu PF annual conference set for Goromonzi next month, which will be attended by at least 7 000 delegates. In addition to the live animals, Zanu PF Mashonaland East secretary for finance Munyaradzi Kashambe, who is part of…
© THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned Zimbabweans to expect heavy rains and violent storms this week. This comes as at least 19 people are reported to have been killed by lightning and hailstorms since the beginning of the rain season. In addition to the loss of life, powerful storms have also left a…
© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has warned that the country risks being plunged into civil war if citizens are pushed to retaliate against the escalating brutality by security forces, the Daily News reports. This comes as the military has warned ominously that it is becoming concerned by unspecified threats to the peace currently being…
MEN and boys should par- ticipate in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in a bid to stem the scourge. Speaking at the launch of the 16 Days of Activism in Harare yesterday, Women Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni said: “May I highlight that the fight against gender-based violence in all its forms…
© POLITICAL activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat “Mzaca” Ngulube was last week sentenced to an effective six years in jail after he was convicted of torching three cars belonging to Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial women’s league chairperson Eva Bitu. [GoogleAd] Ngulube committed the offence during the violent protests that rocked the country…
© THE State has withdrawn charges against 13 National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students who were arrested for holding a demonstration, after the institution absolved them of any wrongdoing. In September, the students allegedly barricaded the university’s entrances with logs and iron bars, blocking staff from accessing the campus after lecturers boycotted teaching…
© FORMER National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) employees have filed a High Court application against the Industry and Commerce ministry, demanding thousands of litres of fuel that they were owed by the indigenisation company. Among some of the former employees that have approached the court are Virginia Mugari, who is owed 2 910,77…
© HIGH Court judge Edith Mushore has reserved judgment in a case in which two civic society organisations sued President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the government’s decision to shut down the Internet in January following a three-day stay-away called by labour unions. [GoogleAd] Mushore, who heard the matter on Thursday, reserved ruling in the matter after…
© THE government is distributing food aid to over six million people in both rural and urban areas weekly. This comes as close to half the country’s population is in need of emergency humanitarian aid. The World Food Programme (WFP) has also placed Zimbabwe among the world’s 16 high risk countries in need of urgent…
© THE government has put in motion plans to begin surveillance and monitoring of cyber space after it advertised posts for key personnel to spearhead the project. This comes as the High Court has reserved judgment in a case in which the government was sued by two civic society groups over its shutdown of the…
