HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) has slammed the flagrant violation of Zimbabwe’s Constitution by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa whose team barred private media journalists from covering his Press Conference at his offices in Harare on Thursday. Journalists from the private media were denied entry into the Press Conference addressed by the vice…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is still in South Africa and is due to undergo a medical review this weekend pending his return. Tsvangirai’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka said he has been discharged from hospital after being airlifted from Harare three weeks ago following severe vomiting. Tsvangirai has been receiving treatment for colon cancer in…
HARARE – The case of a Police General Headquarters (PGHQ) cop who was charged after he reportedly wrote in a WhatsApp message that national police spokesperson Charity Charamba was an “idiot” was yesterday deferred to October 18. James Mabasa, 38, is being charged with contravening the Post and Telecommunications Act by sending offensive messages over…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is struggling to contain rampant illegal water abstraction along rivers and irrigation canals in the Lowveld, resulting in the parastatal losing substantial revenue. According to the Water Act (2002), all individuals, organisations and companies are required to obtain a licence to abstract water from any surface water…
HARARE – There was a showdown in the National Assembly on Wednesday over claims by outspoken Matabeleland South proportional representation MP, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, that 70 percent of sitting legislators were HIV positive. Harare South Zanu PF legislator Shadreck Mashayamombe demanded that Misihairabwi-Mushonga withdraw her statement. But she rose on a point of order and said:…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is embarking on a blitz to impound all unregistered vehicles. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the “No to Unregistered Vehicles” blitz started early this month. It has so far netted 269 vehicles, which have been impounded. “A total of 269 vehicles have been impounded since 1st October 2017…
HARARE – Police in Karoi have banned an MDC rally set to be addressed by MDC vice president Nelson Chamisa to mobilise people to register to vote ahead of next year’s hotly-contested election, the opposition party said yesterday. The rally on October 7, just after the start of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s voter registration…
HARARE – Government will soon embark on biometric registration of civil servants to weed out ghost workers, Labour minister Prisca Mupfumira has told the National Assembly. According to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, government employs 300 000 workers, a number which does not include the army, air force, police and prisons. Biometric registration involves capturing…
HARARE – Harare Central Hospital (HCH) is in dire need of repairs, with some wards developing potholes, chief executive officer Peggy Zvavamwe said yesterday. Zvavamwe said this at the hand-over of a female orthopaedic ward refurbished by State pension fund National Social Security Authority (Nssa). She said due to a lack of maintenance of hospital…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday openly snubbed Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he refused to shake his hand at Harare International Airport. The snub occurred as Mugabe was coming from an official trip to South Africa for the 2nd Session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission (BNC). The development is one of the…
