HARARE – Any hope that Zimbabweans had of a quick economic recovery were dashed last week when government admitted that it had failed to pay its external debt — amounting to over $10 billion amid concerns of more suffering in store for the people. Economic analysts say with Zimbabwe’s poor debt payment record, it will…
HARARE – Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister, Jonathan Moyo has strongly condemned police’s ban on a march to mark World Press Freedom Day, saying the show of force was not revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination. Journalists planning to stage the peaceful march in Harare yesterday were blockaded by baton-wielding armed riot police….
HARARE – The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has launched a fresh onslaught against feisty human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa by appealing against her acquittal on charges of defeating or obstructing the course of justice. Mtetwa, who was arrested in March last year and charged with contravening Section 184 (1) (g) of the Criminal Law (Codification…
HARARE – The 11th hour cancellation and effective disruption by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) of the official 2014 commemoration of World Press Freedom Day that had been organised by the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) in conjunction with the Unesco office in Harare with the support of the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting…
HARARE – Media freedom groups have slammed the last minute police ban of a World Press Freedom Day march scheduled for yesterday. Zimbabwe had lined up the march to mark the worldwide commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, marked on May 3 every year. The Zimbabwe Republic Police, who had on April 16 cleared the…
HARARE – Dokson farm is the only home 38-year-old Samuel Makazu, has ever known. His parents are buried there. Born at the farm in Shamva to migrant workers of Malawian origin, Makazu left school at the age of 12 just after completing his primary education to join his father’s occupation as a farmhand. Now a…
HARARE – The opposition MDC has recalled from Parliament nine of its 91 legislators who attempted to topple Morgan Tsvangirai. In a letter to the Speaker of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda, Thokozani Khupe, the opposition leader in the house, advised Mudenda that the party had the sovereign right to recall its MPs. Harare East legislator…
BULAWAYO – MDC legislator for Bulawayo constituency, Nicola Watson Brown, has labelled party rebels led by expelled secretary-general Tendai Biti as a group who have decided to throw themselves out of the party. Brown, who is also an MDC national council executive member and party provincial treasurer, told the Daily News yesterday the future of…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo residents have blasted the city council over “muddy and smelly” water piped on Workers Day, posing a health hazard to ratepayers. Used to potable water even during the peak of serious water shortages that prompted the city fathers to introduce a tight water rationing regime, residents were on Wednesday surprised to see…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has yet again staved off another attempt at deposing him, with everything for and about it replete with similarities to the foiled attempt of 2005. Very consistent features and similarities from both episodes provide for quite intriguing and fascinating analysis, the same as they are illustrative. In both instances,…
