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Melisa Chatikobo THE government has evacuated 118 students from war-torn Ukraine following its invasion by Russian forces last week. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, said authorities were focusing on all Zimbabweans and not just a particular group for repatriation “Cabinet would like to reassure the nation…

THE country’s major political players have welcomed moves by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to diffuse rising tensions in the country ahead of this month’s by-elections. This comes as police have moved swiftly to arrest many of the thugs who disrupted a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally in Kwekwe at the weekend,…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya ZIMBABWE and other African countries should focus on industrialisation and stop depending on goods manufactured from the West, Pan Africanist and lawyer Patrick Lumumba has said. Speaking during a Chief Executive Officers (CEO) Round Table meeting held in Harare yesterday, Lumumba, a Kenyan, said Africa had all raw materials and just needed to…

Melisa Chatikobo THE government has availed 15 buses for state institutions to increase their effectiveness in providing public service. State security institutions got eight buses which will be distributed to the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ), Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS). The Judicial Service Commission…

Melisa Chatikobo THE scourge of corruption is costing Zimbabwe investment opportunities while the country is also losing billions of dollars, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has said. In a speech read on her behalf by her deputy Phineas Murapa, at the Sadc cyber forensic training launch in the capital yesterday, Matanda-Moyo said the…

SCORES of people were injured here yesterday after a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally was disrupted by gangs of thugs. This led to violent confrontations between the thugs and CCC leader Nelson Chamisa’s supporters. The commotion began as Chamisa was in the middle of an address, when gangs of youths stormed the venue and…

FORMER Zanu PF youth league national political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, accused of inciting public violence ahead of the July 31 2020 demonstration, will now stand trial on June 7. This came after he had put the State under pressure, demanding to be removed from remand if they were not ready to prosecute him. At…

Melisa Chatikobo THE National Aids Council (Nac) is investigating a surge in Aids-related deaths which amounted to 20 000 in 2020 alone when there have been strides to manage the condition. Speaking at the Zimbabwe National HIV/Aids strategic plan launch 2021-2025 in Harare on Friday, Nac spokesperson Medeline Dube said there has been an increase…