HARARE – Teachers have condemned Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavhima who recently ruled out the possibility of government reviewing teachers’ salaries. Addressing members of the National association of Primary School Heads (Naph) during a conference in Victoria Falls on Wednesday, Mavhima said government was not in a position to meet the salary increase…
HARARE – The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) says lack of foreign currency currently affecting the production of fertiliser at Sables Chemicals may result in serious shortages of fertiliser during the 2018/19 agricultural season. Last year, government allocated $130 million to the industry for the importation of fertilisers and raw materials. The main fertiliser manufacturer Sable…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa charmed his legion of supporters on Saturday when he gave a powerful prayer before delivering his speech at the commemoration of the party’s 19th anniversary. As he took to the podium, Chamisa first announced that he was doing the unusual — giving a powerful prayer before delivering his speech…
HARARE – A healthy sexual life is the key to every marriage and the lack or shortage thereof breeds fissures that may lead to its collapse. Failure to perform in bed brings in suspicion from the other partner and causes severe psychological torture to the affected parties. Described as the total inability to achieve an…
HARARE – Government is still to formally amend the law to outlaw child marriages, three years after a landmark Constitutional Court ruling that banned the marriage of girls under the age of 18 years. The ruling came after an application by two women — Loveness Mudzuru and Ruvimbo Tsopodzi — who were aged 19 and…
HARARE – When Maria Nhongo’s husband died, she thought she would continue living on her husband’s communal land but to her surprise she was quickly displaced by her husband’s brother who claimed that women cannot own land as they are less productive. “I was told to pack my bags and go back to my parent’s…
BULAWAYO – South Member of Parliament Rajesh Kumar Modi — popularly known as Raj Modi, is probably one of the most loved parliamentarians in the city. This is largely because of the corporate social responsibility initiatives he undertook before he ventured into the political sphere. Now deputy minister of Industry, Modi is the only Zanu…
HARARE – Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to roll out peaceful protests to jolt President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration into ending the economic meltdown. The MDC leader told party supporters at Gwanzura Stadium yesterday that the economic crisis will not relent until Mnangagwa accepts that he lost the July 30 polls and concedes power….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the MDC, all but declared its leader Nelson Chamisa the country’s “president” yesterday, insisting that the youthful politician won the popular vote at the July 30 polls. Addressing thousands of party supporters at the MDC’s 19th anniversary celebrations at Gwanzura Stadium in Harare, MDC vice president Morgen Komichi proclaimed…
BULAWAYO – Ever since the country was plunged into chaos following the announcement of austerity measures by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, most residents of the second city are toiling on a daily basis to eke out a living. The city has witnessed a spate of unprecedented price increases for most goods and services after foreign…
