HARARE – In the most comprehensive policy speech of the presidential campaign, MDC vice president Nelson Chamisa has presented an opposition MDC Alliance vision of a growth and fairness economy, an economic agenda intended to end cash shortages, revive derelict factories, lift wages, expand social services, and combat a widening gap between rich and poor….
HARARE – The country’s medical doctors are threatening to down tools if government does not increase their on-call allowances by 50 percent, among other demands. In a letter dated January 18, 2018, addressed to the minister of Health and Child Care David Parirenyatwa, the doctors said their demands must be addressed as part of government’s…
HARARE – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is scrutinising a docket alleging abuse of office and obstruction of the course of justice by former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko while he was still in government. The NPA, responsible for instituting and undertaking criminal prosecutions on behalf of the State, was handed Mphoko’s docket by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption…
HARARE – A Senior pastor at African Apostolic Church (Mwazha) has been jailed for 11 years for raping a nine-year-old congregant. Cain Kandororo, 52, was convicted by Harare magistrate Temba Kuwanda who initially sentenced him to 16 years behind bars. Five years of the term was set aside on condition of good behaviour. Kuwanda said…
HARARE – A renowned traditional medical practitioner has called for more education on the healing and management of cancer through traditional means. Traditional medical practitioner Newton Mudzingwa — who operates the Health and Child Care ministry-recognised Herbal Wellbeing Clinic in and around Zimbabwe —said there is an 80 percent chance of successfully treating cancer using…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) has agreed to hear, on an urgent basis, a legal challenge to government’s decision to bar expatriate Zimbabweans from voting from their foreign bases in the forthcoming key 2018 vote. Chief Justice Luke Malaba ruled that a judicial review application lodged over whether government has the power to bar…
HARARE – MDC Alliance has been thrown into a fresh crisis after opposition political heavyweights Obert Gutu and Tendai Biti are set to collide after both declared interest in contesting the Harare East parliamentary seat. Gutu, who is spokesperson for the MDC, is eyeing Harare East constituency that has, however, been reserved for the People’s…
HARARE – Police have blocked today’s MDC Alliance rally in Harare’s Glenview suburb but have Okayed the one to be held in Epworth tomorrow, Sunday. Today’s rally was meant to launch opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s campaign as leader of the MDC Alliance ahead of elections due in five months. Tsvangirai is, however, still in South…
HARARE – Legislators have opposed Executive plans to scrap a constitutional provision that devolves power to provinces. In his 2018 National Budget, Finance and Economic Planning minister Patrick Chinamasa asked the National Assembly to consider doing away with the clause, arguing that it has created a heavy burden on the fiscus. Chapter 14 of the…
HARARE – Rural district councils have hailed President Emerson Mnangagwa’s administration for paying primary attention to the rural people’s living conditions and concentrating on the stabilisation and betterment of their livelihoods. Association of Rural District Councils of Zimbabwe (ARDCZ) said Mnangagwa — who rose to power in November last year following a de facto military…
