HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has launched a probe into illegal water connections, a move which has seen workers resigning in fear of being nabbed. According to ordinary council minutes, the local authority placed bulk water meters in areas occupied by co-operatives, which are being illegally diverted to private premises, allegedly by HCC workers….
HARARE – Doctors have accused government of ignoring their welfare while instead opting to push for the Public Health Amendment Bill. During a Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR)-organised discussion between parliamentarians and medical practitioners last week, doctors argued their welfare must come first. This comes as the on-going doctors’ strike has reached…
HARARE – Deposed president Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, are not part of new political outfit, National Patriotic Front (NPF), led by retired brigadier general Ambrose Mutinhiri, the former leader’s nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, has said. In an opinion piece — Zhuwao brief — published yesterday, the self-exiled former Indigenisation minister, said the majority of…
HARARE – A number of people have tried to understand the kind of person vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Marry, is. She has refused to let her newly-acquired status define the way she dresses, and even found nothing amiss with the tattoo on her arm. The second lady, as she is now known, opened up…
HARARE – Expelling MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe could be disastrous for the opposition party ahead of the 2018 elections, analysts have warned. This comes as the opposition party’s president, Nelson Chamisa, says Khupe has been given an extra three days — after defying a seven-day ultimatum — to repent or face automatic expulsion. There…
HARARE – University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura has stirred fresh controversy after hiring a junior lecturer who recently obtained a doctor of philosophy (PhD) as the dean of the Law Faculty after overriding the department’s committee decision to appoint the most eligible candidate. This comes in the wake of Nyagura’s February 16 arrest…
HARARE – Some apostolic churches converging under the banner of the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Churches Council (Zacc) are trying to bring together President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the country’s former leader, Robert Mugabe – in a bid to diffuse rising tensions between the two. This comes as Mugabe stands accused of trying to scuttle Mnangagwa’s electoral prospects…
HARARE – The country’s sulking former leader, Robert Mugabe — together with his restless wife, Grace — is said to be stepping up his efforts to get back at his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, despite last week’s reports that a number of people and organisations are working hard behind the scenes to try and reconcile…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is accusing apostolic church sects of invading the local authority’s suburban parks by illegally worshiping in recreational spaces. According to HCC’s environmental management committee latest minutes, the churches are mostly invading parks in high density suburbs. The concern comes as the council banned open-air worship without permit. The…
HARARE – The current strike by senior medical personnel at public hospitals has seriously affected the country’s public health institutions forcing Parirenyatwa and Harare Central hospitals to suspend a number of services due to the absence of essential medical staff. “The Senior Resident Medical Officers (SRMOs) have gone on industrial action. The division of paediatrics…
