HARARE – Participation by residents in local governance issues in Kwekwe, Midlands such as involvement at critical events like full council meetings is very low due to lack of knowledge. These sentiments came out recently when Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) in an effort to enhance residents’ participation in demanding effective service delivery,…
HARARE – Frantic efforts to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, to iron out their differences through face-to-face discussions have collapsed with the 75-year-old Zanu PF leader saying he will only meet with his 40-year-old challenger in the ballot box on July 30. [Adz]
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi says inmates should be treated with respect and dignity because all people including those in high offices are potential convicts. Speaking at the recent handover of $50 000 worth of goods to Chikurubi Maximum Prison by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), Zimondi called…
HARARE – The dramatic characteristics of the Zimbabwean election is gone with the legendary former president Robert Mugabe as his exit left the political scene dull with unusual peace and calmness, an award-winning playwright has said. Controversial playwright and actor Cont Mhlanga said with a few days to go to the Election Day and by…
HARARE – Advocate Ray Goba has had a tumultuous career ever since his days as the deputy Prosecutor-General (PG) for Namibia. While working in Namibia, he was convicted by that country’s regional court in 2002 for driving a vehicle on a public road with excessive blood alcohol concentration, failing to obey a road traffic sign…
HARARE – Despite the ethical and legal obligation to be impartial in their coverage of electoral processes, the media in Zimbabwe remain polarised and unbalanced in their electoral coverage and reportage, media practitioners’ contend. The practitioners are of the opinion that while the Electoral Law deals with issues of equal access to the media by…
HARARE – The recent MDC Alliance’s electoral reforms demonstrations — which pulled bumper crowds — seems to have rattled the ruling Zanu PF, analysts have said. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday said Zimbabweans must reject ploys by the MDC Alliance to foment instability and chaos ahead of the harmonised elections slated for…
HARARE – There is need for more investments to be pumped into the country’s education sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in Harare on Wednesday during a meeting convened by the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to drum up support for the sector. “The indaba provided a platform to dialogue about the investment opportunities in…
HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that the haphazard land reform programme caused a serious dip in farm productivity. Zimbabwe went through a chaotic land redistribution in the early 2000s, which was meant to correct past historical imbalances. This resulted in former white commercial farmers losing their farms to mostly the elite in Zanu PF….
HARARE – The Elders ended their three-day visit to Zimbabwe yesterday with a clarion call to all players in the country’s body politic to end their bickering and pull in one direction. After engaging all the key political actors in Zimbabwe, including officials from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the Elders still felt that the…
