HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF government must do more to relieve long-suffering Zimbabweans from a cash crisis that has forced many to spend hours on end in bank queues, Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira said. The Nyanga South Zanu PF MP said the situation is a “crisis” and “it pains me because…
HARARE – As the national debate about the benefits of Zimbabwe adopting the South African rand as its anchor currency continues to rage, former Finance minister Tendai Biti says the discourse is “futile” — as the country’s deepening economic rot “can never” be stemmed with President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF in…
HARARE – Goverment must invest in early warning systems to reduce the cost of responding to disasters, Oxfam programme manager Joel Musarurwa has said. He told delegates at the launch of a €2,6 million Zimbabwe Joint Humanitarian Programme second phase (ZimJR2) that the system will ensure that when disasters happen, vulnerable communities are better prepared….
HARARE – Government will not be settling the $150 million-plus Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) debt any time soon because it has other competing commitments, Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira has said. She was responding to Gutu South Zanu PF MP Paul Chimedza who had asked what government was doing about its debts to…
HARARE – Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — publishers of the country’s inimitable independent daily, the Daily News, and its sister publications the Daily News on Sunday and the Weekend Post — yesterday rewarded some of its loyal followers in the first round of its hugely popular Subscribe, Read & Win competition. Among the big…
HARARE – Outspoken former Zanu PF youth leader for Mashonaland Central, Godfrey Tsenengamu — who is facing serious charges of attempting to subvert President Robert Mugabe’s government — was yesterday re-arrested by police on the same charges. Although Tsenengamu, who later appeared in court cuffed, was briefly set free — after being allowed to leave…
HARARE – Ex-Chitungwiza councillor Fredrick Mabamba is seeking to regain possession of $136 000 worth of land that he had used as surety in a university construction deal, but was seized by government. He used the land to pay Development Services Africa (DSA), a company that provided him with architectural services for the mooted learning…
HARARE – High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi yesterday extended ex-Air Zimbabwe corporate secretary Grace Pfumbidzayi’s bail pending her fresh appeal lodged in the Supreme Court. Pfumbidzayi is challenging her conviction and seven-year imprisonment for criminal abuse of duty, following the recent decision by the High Court to dismiss her appeal. She was jointly charged with…
HARARE – More mass graves have been discovered in Gokwe, where scores were allegedly killed in the post-2008 election violence, Midlands senator Morgen Komichi has said. This comes as Mashonaland East MDC Senator Jane Chifamba in February this year told Senate that government must exhume bodies allegedly buried in a mass grave in Marondera. At…
HARARE – A 30-day campaign to fight HIV infection among young girls has been launched in Zimbabwe. The #StayingNegative campaign was launched on May 16 by Katswe Sistahood, an NGO that focuses on women’s reproductive health. It is expected to run until the Day of the African Child on June 16. This comes as the…
