HARARE – Thousands of rural teachers across Zimbabwe have threatened to hold a #pocketsoutprotest to demand higher pay and better benefits, the State’s largest rural teachers’ union said. The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) said all rural teachers in all school districts were taking part in the strike, which could force the cancellation…
HARARE – Popular musician and producer Innocent Utsiwegota has been dragged to the High Court after failing to pay back $24 000 that he borrowed from a Tynwald woman in 2012. According to court papers, Utsiwegota borrowed $40 000 from Doren Nerwande. He reportedly paid back $2 000 in December 2015 and a further $3…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said data collected during electronic voter registration will be stored in tamper-proof flash drives before the information is fed into a central data base which is hack-proof. This comes after the opposition has raised fears that there are inadequate security measures to guard against unauthorised access to…
HARARE – Economists warned of worse shortages of basic commodities and an expanding parallel currency market as the Zimbabwean government mulls plans for new price controls across all sectors of production, to take effect within the next weeks. President Robert Mugabe has hinted at the introduction of a new price control structure, which includes fuel,…
HARARE – Transform Zimbabwe, which is a part of the MDC Alliance — a coalition of opposition parties aiming to unseat President Robert Mugabe in crunch elections expected next year — has said the country is about to experience the greatest economic turmoil since 2008. Speaking at a consultative meeting of the party leadership at…
HARARE – The Institute for Community Development in Zimbabwe Trust (ICOD Zim) has petitioned Parliament to exercise its oversight function and protect the constitutionally-guaranteed rights of persons with disabilities to participate fully in the electoral process. In a September 20 petition to Speaker Jacob Mudenda, ICOD Zim beseeched Parliament to exercise its constitutional role to…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday alleged that some “rotten apples” in his ruling Zanu PF party are behind the crippling shortages of basic commodities that has resulted in a sharp spike in prices. Mugabe, who spoke just after touching down at the Harare International Airport from the United Nations General Assembly meeting, told his…
HARARE – A South Africa-based driver at Prestige Carriers who reportedly leaked information that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had bought six million, 50-cent bond coins — equivalent to $3 million — from South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. The court heard that Tinashe Sikwila, 32, of Mkoba, Gweru — who transported the bond…
HARARE – Doctors in Zimbabwe’s public healthcare system have threatened to strike in protest over salaries whose value is being wiped out by a deepening economic crisis. Zimbabwean doctors have demanded that government put in place contingency measures that ensure health workers are adequately paid in a stable currency, and also want the State to…
HARARE – Cleric and #ThisFlag campaign leader pastor Evan Mawarire’s trial in a matter in which he is accused of attempting to overthrow the President Robert Mugabe-led government opened yesterday in the High Court. Mawarire, who is facing an alternative charge of incitement to commit public violence, denied the allegations, claiming the State case did…
