HARARE – Our reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi sits down for a chat with Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) leader Jenni Williams. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: You have relentlessly held anti-government protests, what really inspires you? A: I am inspired to demonstrate as I feel it is a way of playing my role as a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest mobile telecoms company, Econet Wireless, has launched a youth empowerment programme designed to support and equip young people with different skills sets, among them entrepreneurship training and mentorship by highly-qualified professionals. The programme, called Elevate, was unveiled at a well-organised and well-attended youth event at Harare Gardens on Saturday, and is…
HARARE – Health practitioners will today meet the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to discuss ways in which they can exercise their voting rights in the 2018 general election while on duty. Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association president Edgar Munatsi said they wanted full and unrestricted participation in the vote. “We understand that we are under essential…
MUTARE – A Sakubva woman has been spared jailed after stealing a truckload of charcoal from a vendor at the Sakubva market. Engedzai Mashaka, 37, of Sakubva was convicted on her own plea of guilty by magistrate Innocent Bepura. Mashaka was being charged with theft and she was slapped with a three-month jail term which…
HARARE – Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed the current Constitution signed into law in 2013, replacing a Lancaster House charter forged in the dying days of British colonial rule. Approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March of 2013, Mnangagwa said it consolidates the gains of the struggle for independence. “Whereas in colonial times, Parliament…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke has heaped praise on Tourism minister Walter Mzembi, saying the youthful minister was running one of the few relatively well performing portfolios because of his ability to remain focused on deliverables when others dwell on unproductive debates. “I have never said this before but…
HARARE – A police officer allegedly raped and impregnated a 15-year-old girl from his neighbourhood before forcing her to abort, a Harare court heard on Saturday. Aaron Gudo, 37, was remanded in custody to today when he appeared before Harare magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta. He is being charged with three counts of rape. [GoogleAd] The complainant…
HARARE – Mounds of waste in garbage dumps around the Zimbabwe’s capital are hindering the citizenry’s confidence in local government. Trash cans or bins overflow with rotten fruit, spoiled eggs, and other garbage. Pedestrians have to jump over disgusting trash scattered on the sidewalks, at bus ranks, shopping centres and street corners across Harare, meanwhile…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe plays host once more to thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses visiting for annual conventions, the tell-tale knock at the door may be an invitation to join them. Thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses are expected to attend a series of three-day annual conventions with the theme “Don’t Give Up” starting this week. The first…
HARARE – He might be old and increasingly frail, slow and stuttering, but there is no doubt that in Zanu PF, President Robert Mugabe is still the glue that holds, albeit loosely, the fragmented party together. Judging by the sea of people who flocked to his youth rally in Marondera last weekend, analysts said Mugabe…
