HARARE – Analysts and politicians in Bulawayo have hailed the significant uptake of the national shut down in the second capital, noting that citizens in the city heeded the call due to the unacceptable levels of the economic meltdown. In an unusual pattern, protests erupted in Bulawayo on Monday morning, after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced…
HARARE – Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business. Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened up when he took power through a coup in November 2017. Loads of goodwill that the international community had for Mnangagwa almost two…
HARARE – Teachers’ unions have blamed the low pass rate recorded in the Geography Advanced Level results on poor resources in most schools in the wake of the advent of the new curriculum. In separate interviews, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said the new dispensation has not…
HARARE – While 2018 saw new leadership being announced in key southern African countries, the region’s leaders have failed to live up to the expectations of their electorates. This is according to Human Rights Watch, which on Thursday launched its World Report 2019 in Johannesburg. “The new crop of leaders across southern Africa should recognise…
HARARE – A recently released annual World Report by Human Rights Watch, a United States-based organisation, said President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior officials in his administration have failed to live up to numerous promises to deliver governance reforms marking the post-Robert Mugabe era. The reports points out to the August 1 shooting of six…
HARARE – State security agents have maintained a heavy presence on the country’s major roads following a three-day stay-away that took place early last week. This comes after some civil society organisations are calling for yet another stay-away next week in a bid to force government to look into demands being made by the citizens….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s chances of re-engaging with some of the world’s biggest economies are fast fading away after the latest wave of human rights abuses by government security organs which according to civil society organisations has left at least 12 people dead and dozens others injured. Following the resignation of former president Robert Mugabe in…
HARARE – There is no immediate relief for motorists and transport operators despite government’s shocking fuel hikes as long and winding queues continue to stalk several garages which are struggling to stock the much-sought products. This comes as government insists that the country has enough fuel supplies. “I have explained this over and over again,…
HARARE – The palpable fear among many Zimbabweans that 2019 would become yet another “annus horribilis” — Latin for a horrible year — has become a harrowing reality, with the country’s political and economic situation declining ever more rapidly, the Daily News on Sunday can report. This comes as the sickening events of the past…
HARARE – Our News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition spokesperson and director Tabani Moyo about last week’s shutdown. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: What is your assessment of the Shutdown in terms of its impact? A: The shutdown, in my own assessment, was a…
