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THE Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has called for concerted efforts from stakeholders and communities to prevent drug abuse in children, especially in Mbare. This comes after the organisation says there has been a surge in adolescent pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) following their observations in Mbare where they offer adolescent…

ZIMBABWE Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) says the government is negotiating in bad faith as they rush to announce salary increments without agreeing with workers. This comes after authorities on Monday said they had increased by 100 percent salaries and allowances for civil servants, legislators and members of the judiciary to cushion them…

RAPPER Stunner, born Desmond Chideme, pictured,  who is accused of assaulting his now ex-wife after a show at a hotel yesterday wept in court stating that men were victims of abuse by women. Stunner alleged that women were taking advantage to abuse the country’s criminal justice system to punish men. He denies assaulting his wife Dyonne…

HARARE is making a fresh bid to revive the country’s floundering efforts to mend its frosty relationship with the United Kingdom (UK). This comes after President  Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured,  dispatched Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava and his Finance counterpart Mthuli Ncube to London on Tuesday, to meet key role players there. The deputy minister of Foreign Affairs,…

HARARE City Council (HCC) has approached authorities seeking approval to charge its rates and other services in United States dollars. This comes…

The US$100 million state-of-the-art new Parliament building in Mount Hampden is now complete and ready for use.  Addressing journalists in Mt Hampden…

HIGH Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday struck off the roll an appeal by Citizens Coalition for Change members Job Sikhala, pictured,  and Godfrey Sithole owing to the absence of a transcribed script with the records from the lower court. Sikhala was arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Court on allegations of inciting violence following the discovery…

AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) national president Obert Masaraure was yesterday granted bail by the High Court after passing the…

ECONOMIC experts warned yesterday that the move by the government to penalise businesses selling goods using foreign exchange rates above interbank levels…

THE government and its workers are headed for a major showdown after civil servants once again rejected their employer’s offer of 100 percent salary increments and other non-monetary benefits, saying all these fell way below their expectations. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), David Dzatsunga,…