MDC vice chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, has written to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) to register his fears about suspected security agents he says are trailing him, the Daily News reports. This comes as Sikhala and other hardliners within Zimbabwe’s main opposition have called for radical action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday announced that schools and tertiary institutions will be closed indefinitely next week amid pressure from teachers across the country, who accused him of exposing them and learners to coronavirus. On Tuesday, Mnangagwa imposed a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people in the country for the next 60 days in…
THE government yesterday launched the national renewable energy and biofuels policies to mitigate the effects of climate change and promote investments at a time when the country is struggling with persistent energy deficits that have been exacerbated by the economic meltdown. The newly-launched national renewable energy policy aims to promote investment in the renewable sector…
A SENIOR Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) officer has approached the High Court challenging the decision of a court martial that jailed him for 18 months for missing lectures after he enrolled for a Geography and Environment Science programme at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). Fadziso Abraham Dupwa, a flight lieutenant and commissioned officer with…
OPPOSITION MDC MPs have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration of reversing the land reform programme by seizing idle land from black people for redistribution to white Zimbabweans, the Daily News reports. The move was introduced by government through Statutory Instrument (SI) 62 of 2020 which was gazetted last Friday, giving Mnangagwa powers to give land…
AS THE deadly coronavirus continues to spread and to wreak havoc around the world, health experts are concerned about Zimbabwe’s readiness to deal with the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This is despite the raft of measures that were announced on Tuesday by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to combat the disease, as well as ongoing assurances…
SOUTH Africa yesterday saw another jump in coronavirus cases — with 116 now confirmed as the country introduces new measures to shut its borders and schools across the country. The numbers are still rising sharply from one case a fortnight ago. Most of those with the virus brought it back from abroad — from the…
Sindiso Mhlophe and Mugove Tafirenyika STAFF WRITERS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came under fire for holding a mass gathering in Nyakomba Village in Nyanga, where he was commissioning a US$15 million pump house venture between Zimbabwe and Japan, barely 24 hours after banning public meetings of more than 100 people over the deadly coronavirus. …
THE government has offered former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko $765 706,58 as pension benefits against his US$320 000 demands. This comes after Mphoko approached the court declaring government’s decision to withhold his US$320 000 pension illegal and unconstitutional. In his application, Mphoko cited Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda,…
EMIRATES Airways has suspended flights between Harare-Lusaka-Dubai for the period March 20, 2020 to May 20, 2020, owing to the current challenging global environment. Globally, several airlines have grounded their flights due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has since been declared a global pandemic while others announced new flight reductions as more countries…
