HARARE – ZESA Holdings’ employees who participated in a demonstration over a string of dodgy energy deals entered between flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) — a unit of the power utility firm — are facing arrest after defying a court order. The employees took part in a demonstration on Thursday…
HARARE – Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) has called for safe, enjoyable and accident-free holidays as millions of travellers set off for the long Christmas and New Year holidays. Millions of Zimbabweans will travel over the next week — one of the busiest holiday of the year — with most going by road, according to…
HARARE – The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has recalled Johannes Ndanga as the life president of the religious group. ACCZ secretary-general Obert Matsveru told a press conference that Ndanga grossly violated the organisation’s constitution by manipulating patrons of ACCZ without agreement of the Apostolic Bishops Council (ABC). This comes after Ndanga unilaterally appointed…
HARARE – The Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe (PSZ) has warned of a looming drugs shortage after it failed to access foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for the importation of critical medicines. Zimbabwe is relying on foreign imports for its drugs, equipment and hospital consumables and imports over $400 million worth of…
HARARE – Danhiko Project’s future looks bleak following the fall of its patron and main benefactor, former first lady Grace Mugabe. Students living with disabilities at the Msasa-based charity are having a bleak Christmas this year. [GoogleAd] Deputy director Godfrey Majonga said going into 2018 they are praying that well-wishers will be at hand to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to have made up his decision on who will become his deputies but ex Zipra officials — a military wing of Zapu during the liberation struggle — still want to have a say on who should be picked from their side. Former Commander of the Defence Forces General Constantino…
HARARE – Individuals angling to become Zanu PF members of Parliament will first need to undergo mandatory ideology classes, the party’s commissariat department has said. As the front line of ideological work, MPs bear the responsibility of studying and propagating Marxism; cultivating and promoting the core values of socialism; and providing the intelligence and talent…
HARARE – Joice Mujuru’s opposition political party will take legal action to stop any splinter group using the name National People’s Party (NPP), secretary-general Gift Nyandoro has warned. This comes after the opposition party has split into two groups, the ex-vice president-led NPP and the National People’s Party Democrats (NPPD). [GoogleAd] The breakaway party comprises…
HARARE – Thousands of ordinary Zimbabweans who had anticipated having a decent festive season — on the back of promising policies by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — risk enduring a bleak Christmas as retailers have hiked prices of foodstuffs. This comes as Mnangagwa’s government this week ordered bakers to reduce an 11 percent price increase…
HARARE – Thousands of ordinary Zimbabweans who had anticipated having a decent festive season — on the back of promising policies by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — risk enduring a bleak Christmas as retailers have hiked prices of foodstuffs. This comes as Mnangagwa’s government this week ordered bakers to reduce an 11 percent price increase…
