HARARE – Police yesterday brutally crushed a demonstration by the country’s under-appreciated rural teachers — who were desperately bidding to force the broke government to honour its pledge to pay them their 13th cheque. The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ), together with the Zimbabwe Activist Alliance (ZAA) and the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu)…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Cabinet ministers yesterday agreed on the implementation of the Indigenisation Act in a move aimed at clarifying the controversial policy to attract foreign investors. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao — who have been at loggerheads over amendments to the law — yesterday buried the hatchet and…
HARARE – Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has slammed government for increasing traffic fines to as much as $100, saying the move will only fuel corruption among traffic police officers. In a statement, the anti-corruption body said the recently passed law which saw traffic fines increased from between $10 and $20 to $100 in a country…
BANJUL – The Gambia’s government has banned its female employees from leaving their hair uncovered at work, a leaked memo quoted by private newspapers says. Women should use a “head tie and neatly wrap their hair”, the memo said, without giving reasons for the ban. Last month, Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh declared the Muslim-majority country…
WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama is to widen background checks on buyers of firearms, in a series of measures to address gun violence. The plans will be announced on Tuesday by the president, despite opposition from Congress to new gun laws. All sellers who operate online or at gun shows will be forced to…
HARARE – Dynamos president Kenny Mubaiwa is in the eye of a storm after stunning revelations that he threatened not to issue Blessing Moyo a transfer clearance following the defender’s move to Harare City last week. Moyo joined the Sunshine Boys following the expiry of his contract with the Harare giants which seems to have…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Philip Chiyangwa yesterday revealed that his board will swiftly move to bring an end to the Asigate saga, which had serious financial constraints on the cash-strapped association. Under Cuthbert Dube’s leadership, over 10 individuals were banned for life after being fingered in the biggest scandal ever to hit…
HARARE – Gospel music star Blessing Shumba walked away with $1 200 after claiming top position on the 2015 Coca-Cola Radio Zimbabwe Top 50. The Mutare-based musician’s hit Chimwe Nechimwe, off his latest album Ndijesu secured the most votes, beating sungura Simon Mutambi’s Mukadzi Akanaka into second position. Mutambi, one of the most consistent sungura…
HARARE – Zimbabwean mining companies must brace for a further plummet in commodity prices on the international market this year, a World Economic Forum (Wef) report has said. According to the report, released last week commodity prices for everything, from crude oil to industrial metals such as iron ore and copper, plummeted even further by…
HARARE – An investment delegation from Qingdao Province, China is expected in the country tomorrow, as more companies from the Asian giant continue to scout for investment opportunities in Zimbabwe. Information from the ministry of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion indicates that the delegation will be in the country for three days, in search of…
