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HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Parliament has over 12-year-old debt arrears owed to regional and international parliamentarian organisations, Parliament heard recently. This comes after Zimbabwe’s national debt has remained at its peak standing at more than $18,4 billion. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe has been struggling to service both external and internal debts which have wreaked havoc in the country’s…

HARARE – Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa yesterday defended the demands made by Members of Parliament saying they must be given enough resources because the other two arms of the State; the Executive and the Judiciary are having the same benefits. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and many other people blasted the legislators saying…

HARARE – Victims of the infamous Operation Murambatsvina are still suffering in silence a decade later as government’s promise to relocate them is yet to be fulfilled. Government, led by the City of Harare spearheaded and launched a massive insensitive demolition of illegal houses in 2005 dubbed Operation Murambatsvina. The assault destroyed assets and sources…

HARARE – Commuter omnibus operators increased fares in the run up to the Christmas holidays. This saw many people abandoning traditional festive visits owing to the biting cash and economic situation the country finds itself in. The Daily News’ Pauline Hurungudo yesterday interviewed people in Harare’s CBD to glean their reaction to the recent hikes…

HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans will endure more pain after commuter omnibus operators hiked their fares in response to the country’s worsening economic situation, the biting fuel shortage and the rising prices of spare parts. Commuter omnibuses in cities and small towns are now charging between $1 and $3, where they used to charge half the…

HARARE – Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made sensational claims that she was stopped dead in her tracks by former president Robert Mugabe over an explosive book that she had written regarding the disputed circumstances surrounding the death of liberation icon Josiah Magama Tongogara. Tongogara, the revered late commander of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation…

HARARE – Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made sensational claims that she was stopped dead in her tracks by former president Robert Mugabe over an explosive book that she had written regarding the disputed circumstances surrounding the death of liberation icon Josiah Magama Tongogara. [Adz] [GoogleAd]  

HARARE – The crisis at the country’s public hospitals is worsening as nurses have further cut the days they will be reporting for duty at State hospitals from three to two days a week citing the biting economic conditions. This comes after the nurses had earlier resorted to reporting for duty for three days a…

HARARE – Members of Parliament (MPs) have complained that they are going through demeaning conditions as they have to queue for fuel coupons. Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna said Parliament should computerise their revenue generating and distributing mechanisms as getting coupons manually is a hustle for legislators. Nduna suggested that fuel money should…