HARARE – Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate remains very high at more than 70 percent with less than 900 000 people formally employed out of a 13 million population, a leading economist has said. John Robertson told businessdaily that unless Zimbabwe takes austerity measures to address political and economic problems that continue to dog its economy, the…
HARARE – Zanu PF leaders who contradict President Robert Mugabe’s peace calls are a threat to national security, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday. Tsvangirai was addressing thousands of Chinhoyi residents who had gathered for a peace prayer. He lashed out at security chiefs who he claimed are threatening to stage a coup in the…
HARARE – People living with disabilities face a number of challenges, but perhaps the most dangerous is society’s unspoken belief that they are somehow asexual beings. Recently in Harare, this group declared that they also engage in sex despite the widespread belief. “I am not asexual. People think that because I am visually impaired that…
HARARE – Zanu PF officials should be grateful that Britain, the United States of America and European Union, EU is re-engaging them as they continue to ease sanctions on its members. This year the EU removed a further 81 people from the sanctions list, leaving only 10 who include President Robert Mugabe and his wife…
HARARE – Tables were turned against aspiring MDC legislator for Mbare Sten Zvorwadza who had gone to police to report political violence in the constituency as he became the accused. Zvorwadza was granted $50 bail by Mbare magistrate Reuben Mukavhi for charges of causing political violence and breaching the Electoral Act. He is jointly charged…
HARARE – The trial of six ZimRights officials started Friday with principal immigration officer Godfrey Kondo leading as the State’s first witness. The six officials Farai Bhani, Tatenda Chinaka, Dorcas Shereni, Leo Chamahwinya, Okay Machisa and Nunurai Jena representing ZimRights are being charged with forgery and conspiracy to commit fraud or publishing false statements prejudicial…
HARARE – Consumers must exercise extreme caution when buying cooked food from supermarkets, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has warned. This comes after a Harare consumer recently bought a chicken pie from a leading retail chain with threads of a bandage inside. “Beware of what you eat, is the message we would like to…
HARARE – A builder at Bob Farm has been sentenced to an effective six years in prison after he was found guilty of aggravated indecent assault. Taipa Katumba, 37, had initially been sentenced to nine years but three were suspended on condition of good behaviour, after he sodomised his son’s friend. Facts are that on…
HARARE – Dictators and press freedom predators are impervious to the truth. They have no respect for the freedoms of citizens and see shadows where journalists and purveyors of the truth are involved. This is the situation that our colleagues in repressive Swaziland find themselves. King Mswati III has subjected the media particularly those that…
ASUNCION – Voters in Paraguay are electing a new president in a poll seen as key to restoring the country’s democratic credentials. Horacio Cartes, of the conservative Colorado Party, and the centre-right Liberal Party’s Efrain Alegre are seen as front-runners among 10 candidates. The country’s standing dipped in the region after last year’s disputed impeachment…
