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…
HARARE – Rural teachers have called off a strike in its fifth day after resolving to join the collective Apex Council industrial action on Monday. The Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) announced that it has suspended industrial action which had been ongoing since Monday, following vigorous, passionate and thoughtful debate about joining the…
HARARE – National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) chairperson Sten Zvorwadza and 13 of his members — charged following demonstrations against alleged municipal police corruption — were back in court yesterday anticipating a ruling on their application for referral of the matter to the Constitutional Court (Con-Court). The ruling was deferred to March 20 because…
HARARE – MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, poised to pick a new Senator for Bulawayo Metropolitan province, has been in talks with key officials in the second city and promised to unveil his nominee soon, with three officials among those under close consideration. Tsvangirai has been in talks with the Provincial Executive Committee to discuss filling…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is moving to ban the import of farm produce as it looks at investing close to $150 million in the agriculture sector, Agriculture minister Joseph Made said. Giving an update on the state of food security to a Senate thematic committee on Peace and Security yesterday, Made said the ban would be…
BULAWAYO – Over a hundred angry Zanu PF youths brought business at the provincial party headquarters, Davies Hall, to a halt yesterday as they staged a demonstration to protest embezzlement of February 21st Movement donations. The youths were baying for youth league provincial chair Anna Mokgohloa’s blood who they accused of misappropriating fuel coupons which…
HARARE – War veterans from all corners of the country converge in Harare on March 10 to review the country’s worsening political, economic and social crisis. War collaborators and ex-detainees have also been invited to the meeting but their patron, President Robert Mugabe, is not invited. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas…
HARARE – Zimbabwe said yesterday it was appealing for international assistance to help provide food, temporary shelter and clothing for more than 1 500 people affected by widespread flooding following weeks of heavy rains. Scores of people have died in the floods — declared a national disaster — with 128 people injured, while at least…
HARARE – The strike by doctors and nurses who were yesterday joined by midwives has paralysed State hospitals where uniformed forces, roped in by government to contain the situation, have been overwhelmed by the chaos as the industrial action widens. This comes as President Robert Mugabe’s cash-strapped government is bracing for a mega strike by…
HARARE – Prominent businessman Shingi Munyeza has warned opposition parties that they must be ready to participate in 2018’s elections on an uneven ground, as Zanu PF will not reform itself out of power. Writing on his Facebook page, he said “many are looking forward to an evening of the playing field by those already…
