MASVINGO – Chaos rocked Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) after officials called in armed riot police officers to disperse hundreds of desperate job seekers who got wind the institution was employing security guards. About 500 unemployed Masvingo residents swarmed the university campus and refused to leave after being told no jobs were available on Monday. Unemployment…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC should accept the concept of youth and women’s quotas to enhance democracy and nurture future leaders, deputy national chairperson Morgan Komichi has said. Komichi warned that MDC risked falling in the Zanu PF trap of being led by geriatrics in the future if it spurns young politicians. “It…
MBERENGWA – Four years after being severely tortured and left for dead by a group of war veterans, 75-year-old Adamson Dhakwa is bitter that justice is yet to be done. The mainstream MDC ward chairperson for Mataruse in Mberengwa district, Dhakwa was kidnapped on June 12, 2008 at Senta Business Centre in Matavire village, Mberengwa….
HARARE – Elections the world over function on the basis of a larger portion of the population registering and participating as voters, making it mandatory for every loyal citizen to encourage undocumented people of suffrage to register for national polls. After the disputed elections in 2008, Zimbabweans are excited and sitting on edge about the…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe champions CAPS United will today hold their second management meeting inside a week with the club’s leadership admitting they are desperate to turn around the Green Machine’s fortunes. The club’s chief executive, Max Mironga, said the meeting will review United’s forgettable 2012 season and try to find ways of assembling a…
HARARE – A Harare real estate company director has been summoned to court on 575 fraud charges after forging signatures and reselling residential stands. George Bateni, 34, the director of Graham and Douglas Real Estate, a company he bought from the complainant Douglas Nyaude, yesterday appeared before regional magistrate Noel Mupeiwa for trial on a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national football interim coach Klaus-Dieter Pagels and his technical bench will today hold a meeting in the capital to lay out a roadmap for the 2014 World Cup qualifier against Egypt in March. Pagels, who arrived back in the country from his festive season holiday in Germany at the weekend, will…
HARARE – Indigenisation and Youth minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has promised tough action against violence in his constituency saying Zanu PF must win freely and fairly. Kasukuwere, the secretary for indigenisation in the Zanu PF politburo, said this in the wake of passionate and emotional pleas by villagers who are scrambling for party cards ahead of…
HARARE – Illegal activities will continue to be rife in the city council until police take action, Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda has said. Masunda expressed disappointment at the behaviour of police personnel whom he alleged are breaking city by-laws in full public view. Due to such police behaviour, the mayor now views any collaboration with…
HARARE – Enginemen at the troubled National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) have downed tools protesting against a management decision to pay them $65 to assist pay tuition fees as the new school year begins. NRZ employees have had nothing to smile about as the paltry amount can hardly pay for school fees or buy uniforms…
