A UNITED States of America (USA)-based organisation — The Sister Accord — which launched its first African chapter in Zimbabwe over the weekend, is set to empower women and girls by providing them with funds to start profit-making projects. The Sonia Jackson Myles-founded organisation, formed eight years ago, has set a target of creating a…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called on the government to ensure that bail is not granted to people, especially involving ex-security forces or serving members, accused of violent crimes such as armed robbery The Forum, a coalition of 20 Zimbabwean human rights NGOs, has produced a report titled Who guards the guards? Monitoring crimes…
THE MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora has been pushing for national dialogue to resolve the country’s decades-long political and economic crises. Mwonzora recently met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and tabled a report on the proposed talks. While Mnangagwa is yet to respond to the MDC proposal, the president reportedly appointed Speaker of the National Assembly…
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has approached the High Court seeking eviction orders against two tenants occupying its properties in Masvingo and Nyanga respectively. In the first application, ZimParks states that they entered into a lease agreement with Gladys Farai Kujenga for their lodges and restaurants at Kyle Recreation Park in Masvingo. …
SOUTH Africa-based businessman Frank Buyanga has approached the High Court seeking the cancellation of a warrant of arrest issued against him by…
Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services minister, Jenfan Muswere has called on African governments to support their local postal sectors to achieve the global digitalisation agenda through e-commerce. Muswere said this on Thursday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, while addressing the Pan African Postal Union (Papu) Plenipotentiary Conference that he chairs. “During the ministerial strategy…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) is opening a new Internet Point of Presence (POP) in Miami, Florida, that will connect the United States…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, is once again set to meet war veterans amid internecine fights ravaging the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) over the establishment of the Zanu PF ex-combatants league. This comes after the president met the war veterans in June, after the ex-combatants demanded top Zanu PF positions, saying this would enable…
A MOTORIST has been jailed one year for ploughing into Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda’s convoy in Harare earlier this week. Sinoia Desmond, 51, pleaded guilty to the reckless driving charge when he appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko, who also barred him from driving for eight months. The magistrate said a…
