HARARE – Public health officials — including doctors and nurses — have called off their crippling strike after reaching an agreement with government on Friday, ending the stand-off which came at huge cost as hundreds of patients died during the chaos which ravaged the State hospitals in the last three weeks. In the agreement it…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s cash-strapped government is set to endure yet another torrid time with its workers, with civil servants set to begin their long mooted strike tomorrow over their outstanding 2016 bonuses. This comes as the stone-broke government has been pressured to agree to a raft of demands by striking public health officials,…
HARARE – There is renewed fear among both businesspeople and ordinary Zimbabweans that the country’s economy may soon hit the disastrous lows of 2008 — as bond notes continue to lose their value against the United States dollar, with the coveted greenback now almost completely unavailable on the open market. This comes as economists have…
HARARE – Zimbabwean police using two-metre-long iron bars bristling with spikes to deflate vehicle tyres in an attempt to stop motorists alleged to have committed a traffic offence risk up to 10 years in jail, legal experts warned yesterday. Zimbabwe in 2004 enacted a criminal law re-enacting Section 18 of the Public Order and Security…
HARARE – The $5 million European Union (EU) support to Zimbabwe civil society is not meant to influence next year’s harmonised elections, the EU Delegation in Harare has said. This comes after government said it was is alarmed that EU may seek to interfere in its national elections next year, presidential spokesman George Charamba said,…
HARARE – The Zanu PF enemies of vocal businessman-turned-politician, Energy Mutodi, moved closer to kicking him out of the warring ruling party — after its Mashonaland East executive held a disciplinary hearing in the wake of his recent statements on the former liberation movement’s burning succession riddle. The outspoken Mutodi, a self-confessed supporter of Vice…
HARARE – The United States (US) embassy in Harare will be reaching out to President Donald Trump not to slash foreign aid to Zimbabwe, ambassador Harry Thomas Jnr has said. This comes as Trump has proposed large cuts to foreign aid at a time of acute need in Zimbabwe. The details of Trump’s budget proposal…
HARARE – Kombi operators have warned they will hike fares if government forges ahead with plans to introduce urban tollgates. This comes after Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere on Monday said plans were at an advanced stage to erect the urban plazas soon. [GoogleAd] “Unless they exempt public transporters like South Africa has done, we…
HARARE – A Chinhamora herdboy who exposed his privates to his employer’s daughters was yesterday slapped with a six-month prison term. Versus Dennis Ruzvidzo lowered his pants before the minors, aged 10 and 12, and held his testicles before telling them that they helped him predict cold weather and produced “things” that made women pregnant….
MUTARE – Mutare City Council requires $2 million to maintain its badly scarred road network. Addressing journalists after a full council meeting this week, Mutare mayor Tatenda Nhamarare said the current spell of heavy rains had compounded the mountainous city’s woes. “To maintain the roads of Mutare, we need about $2 million. We are only…
