HARARE – The Tendai Biti-led People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has castigated government over its delay in converting a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) ruling on child marriages into law, over a year after the judgment was handed down. This comes after the Con-Court last year outlawed the marriage of persons below the age of 18, following an…
HARARE – The cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe’s low income urban earner monthly basket for a family of six decreased from the end-April figure of $ 579,15 to $577,77 by end-May 2017, showing a decrease of $1,38 or 0,24 percent. The CCZ survey is conducted twice during the first…
HARARE – Childline Zimbabwe answered over 600 000 calls for help last year, with sexual abuse alerts constituting the bulk of the reports. The confidential counselling service for children below the age of 18 said the grim statistic should move legislators, parents and government to act. This comes as child sexual abuse cases dominate the…
HARARE – In the court of public opinion, the debate about who deserves the national hero status has always been an emotive one. Rarely do ordinary people agree with the elite in Zanu PF on the conferment of the national hero status because the criterion used by the party’s leadership is not cast in stone….
HARARE – A battle for the position of national political commissar has ensued in Zanu PF even though the party is still to take a position on the incumbent, Saviour Kasukuwere, whose future hangs in the balance owing to a slew of allegations levelled against him. For several months now, Kasukuwere has been under fire…
HARARE – As Harare continues growing in all directions, its Master Plan (MP) has not been reviewed in the last 23 years after it was adopted in 1994. The finance director Tendai Kwenda has sought approval of a supplementary budget of $3 million to fund the review of the document. According to environmental management committee…
HARARE – Permanent secretary of information George Charamba said he is paying tribute to the late liberation singer Dickson Chingaira aka Cde Chinx, by disclosing that he is the shadowy character Nathaniel Manheru who contributes a weekly column in The Saturday Herald. He said because of his closeness to Cde Chinx, the musician used to…
HARARE – Opposition political parties have warned President Robert Mugabe that he should brace for the worst page of his long political life as he not only faces an internal revolt in his party ahead of next year’s elections, but also a rout from their grand coalition. Mugabe, who turns 94 next year, has already…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to reign in the ruling Zanu PF party amid claims that it is frog-marching people to its rallies ahead of the 2018 crucial elections. Through its spokesperson Obert Gutu, the party said that the idea of frog-marching people to rallies is…
HARARE – Millions of Zimbabweans are likely going to fail to vote in next year’s elections, owing to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s demand for people to produce proof of residence to register to vote. Many Zimbabweans are not landlords and over the years several unregistered suburbs have emerged around Harare, which might limit the…
