Zimbabwe’s main opposition has said security forces were abducting its members in night raids in a massive crackdown in the wake of the unrest sparked by a national strike. At least 12 people have been killed in an army clampdown and hundreds wounded, in scenes reminiscent of the long rule of Robert Mugabe, when the…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored advice from a South Africa-based local businessman that a wage hike was the best way to deal with public sector union grievances, and that a failure to award an increment would have a messy aftermath. This emerges as Zimbabwe’s main teacher unions unfurled a general strike Monday that has shut down…
United Kingdom (UK) minister of Africa Harriett Baldwin has said her country is not considering removing sanctions on Zimbabwe, as it contemplates widening the embargo list to include officials in the army, following a recent crackdown on civilians by members of the security forces. Speaking before the International Development Committee, which was making an inquiry into…
ZIMBABWE National Association of Mental Health (ZNAMH) has revealed that children as young as nine and 10 around the country are selling drugs in primary schools. The association conducted a research which shockingly showed that Grade 4 pupils are being initiated into drugs as they are selling them to others at school. ZNAMH board member…
Gweru City Council has invited private contractors to bid for the collection of refuse in the city. In a notice yesterday, the council said they are seeking three refuse trucks to hire. “The City of Gweru invites bidders to participate in the following tender in terms of section 38 (2) of the Public Procurement and Disposal…
Harare City Council has begun construction of a recycling centre in Budiriro through a donation from Econet wireless. According to HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme, the recycling centre is being constructed at Budiriro 1 shopping centre and will cater for surrounding communities. The recycling centre comes as the city is struggling with containing the large amounts of garbage…
SECURITY agents, war veterans and Zanu PF youths are reportedly intimidating teachers ahead of their planned industrial action starting today in a move they allege is meant to cow them into submission, the Daily News can report. The country’s educators represented by two of the biggest teachers’ unions, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)…
NORTON independent MP Temba Mliswa has dared Vice President Kembo Mohadi saying he is ready to meet him in court over recent Twitter utterances by the legislator. The fight between Mliswa and Mohadi started when the former Zanu PF Mashonaland West chairperson applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dissolving the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission board saying he…
JAILED former Zanu PF Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke is set to lose his Mount Pleasant hospital to settle a $3 million debt owed to a local bank (name withheld), after the financial institution filed a High Court application seeking to attach the infirmary. Kereke’s company, Fairdrop Trading (Private) Limited, which trades as RMC Hospital,…
Rights groups have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to immediately send the country’s soldiers back to their barracks, amid heart-rending claims of continuing savage beatings and harassment of innocent civilians. This comes as authorities are readying for a potential second wave of riots, which the government claims are being sponsored by the opposition and “hostile” Western governments….
