HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has divided opinion among opposition political parties coalescing to form a pact ahead of next year’s watershed elections, as more voices come in the open backing his candidacy to lead the alliance. While most leaders from Coalitions of Democrats (Code) and the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) have openly…
HARARE – Some small opposition parties, including former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP), are not yet ready to endorse MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai as the leader of the country’s mooted opposition alliance ahead of next year’s much-anticipated national elections. This comes as Tsvangirai has in recent weeks received ringing endorsements from a…
BULAWAYO – The political careers of embattled Zanu PF women’s league heavyweights, Sarah Mahoka and Eunice Sandi Moyo, now appear dead in the water after the league’s provincial chairpersons — supported by militant youths — staged yet another big demonstration against the duo in Bulawayo yesterday. This prompted a senior Zanu PF official to tell…
BULAWAYO – More than 300 mental health patients and inmates at Mlondolozi Prison are living in better conditions after a refurbishment that created a conducive environment for psychiatric treatment, and social rehabilitation. The institution, situated in the outskirts of Bulawayo, caters for inmates on remand and those doing time. The improved facilities were commissioned by…
BULAWAYO – Former Magwegwe legislator Felix Mafa Sibanda — through his Post-Independent Survivors Trust (Pist) — is moving to pressure government to address Gukurahundi atrocities. The atrocities have become known as the country’s worst genocide. Thousands of men, women and children were shot, starved, and tortured to death by members of the Fifth Brigade as…
HARARE – The on-going water shortages in Harare have forced municipal authorities to deploy water bowsers to parts of the city. This comes as residents of the densely populated Hatcliffe suburb, which receives water only twice a week — have blamed shortages of the precious commodity for causing a cholera outbreak that has so far…
HARARE – Government is clearing its $62 million debt to tertiary institutions, paying $30 000 monthly, the National Assembly has been told. This comes as Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa admitted that the multi-million debt was stifling the development of universities, which now rely on students’ fees as nothing is coming from Treasury. “We…
HARARE – State-run fixed line operator TelOne has set new area codes across the country as part of a national broadband project aimed at ensuring customers get more from landlines. The telecommunications operator said the new codes will be implemented in phases. “We are in the process of upgrading our exchanges . . . resulting…
HARARE – Residents have expressed outrage over Harare City Council (HCC)’s move to appoint employees currently under corruption probes as substantive directors. The local authority confirmed Hosea Chisango (responsible for water), Tendai Kwenda (finance) and Edmore Nhekairo (housing) as directors this week. Their appointments come after Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere ordered the city to…
HARARE – Activist group United Nations Watch (UNW) has expressed disgust over the hailing of Zimbabwe’s human rights record by “rogue” States — Iran, Venezuela and North Korea. While the three countries, with controversial governance records, praised Zimbabwe’s “promotion and protection of human rights” at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council meeting last weekend,…
