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…
BULAWAYO – A Pumula South woman — Gladys Sibanda — has been dragged to court for allegedly killing her four-year-old niece and burying the body at her rented house. Sibanda, 42, appeared before magistrate Tinashe Tashaya yesterday facing murder charges. The mother of four was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to…
HARARE – Kario turned into a war zone on Tuesday as riot police fought running battles with angry residents protesting the death of a woman who had been run over by a vehicle that was evading municipal officers’ spikes. The skirmishes, which virtually brought traffic in the town to standstill, erupted after municipal police reportedly…
HARARE – Activist cleric Phillip Mugadza yesterday challenged a cop who arrested him during his demonstration at Africa Unity Square to identify members of the public who were annoyed by his conduct. Mugadza is being charged with criminal nuisance after he chained himself to iron rails opposite Parliament, shouting on top of his voice and…
HARARE – Government has appealed to donors to help fund a $103 million HIV testing programme launched a week ago. This comes as the fight against HIV/Aids is being jeopardised by a cut in social spending by President Robert Mugabe’s government, with health workers being laid off and programmes to prevent the spread of the…
HARARE – Chitungwiza residents have expressed outrage over the refusal to disclose allowances earned by the commission set up to probe corruption in the town’s council. The Madzudzo Pawadyira-led commission was installed following the sacking of all 25 Chitungwiza councillors by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere over graft allegations. Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) director Marvellous…
HARARE – The High Court yesterday threw out Manicaland provincial governor Mandiitawepi Chimene’s application in which she sought the nullification of an order that identified Christopher Mutsvangwa as Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)’s legitimate leader. Judge Davison Foroma dismissed the application with costs after Chimene failed to appear in court. Foroma refused to…
HARARE – Flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, plumbed to new lows on Tuesday after it was banned from flying into Europe over safety concerns. The latest dose of bad news to hit Air Zim comes as the debt-ridden airline is barely managing to stay afloat, and to keep operating its creaky aircraft — a development which…
HARARE – Former Finance minister Tendai Biti may have unwittingly poured fuel into the raging fires of the ruling Zanu PF’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars — after he observed that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is close to succeeding President Robert Mugabe. This comes after Biti, who now leads the opposition People’s Democratic Party…
HARARE – Government is moving to disenfranchise millions of Zimbabweans in the key 2018 vote by refusing to re-align the Citizenship Act with the new Constitution, opposition parties and civic groups have said. Declarations by registrar general Tobaiwa Mudede that government will continue to outlaw dual citizenship by amending the new charter to abolish provisions…
