HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s opposition MDC has sledged people who willingly marched through Zimbabwe’s capital Harare last week in support of President Robert Mugabe, saying they were kissing the shoes of a failed leadership. Pro-Zanu PF backers and social activists staged demonstrations as the opposition MDC also ratcheted up mass protests against the Mugabe administration….
BULAWAYO – The High Court here has set aside the decision by the Health Services Board to decline to determine the appeal by former Mpilo Central Hospital operations director Regina Duduza Moyo against the penalty imposed on her by the disciplinary authority. This was after the authority found her guilty of six out of 11…
HARARE – Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) founder Temba Mliswa has resolved to challenge the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) after police used it to bar him from addressing meetings last weekend. This comes after Mliswa was arrested for holding an “unsanctioned” meeting. Yard said Mliswa believed the police were abusing their…
HARARE – A Harare businessman has written a letter to Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo (pictured) demanding $20 000 compensation after claiming he was over-detained by the police. Last Mapuranga, through his lawyers from Koto and Company Legal Practitioners, said his arrest was “malicious, wrongful and unwarranted”. Mapuranga was arrested on April 29 before being…
HARARE – The governing Zanu PF party is fielding minister of State for Provincial Affairs in Mashonaland Central Martin Dinha as its candidate in the Mazowe North by-election. Dinha will square off with Elias Malukula of the Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe. The Nomination Court sat at the Bindura Magistrates’ Courts on Friday. The villagers go…
BULAWAYO – The High Court has ordered the Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) Local Board to pay Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) more than $600 000 it failed to remit in levies from its assessed wage bill accrued over a two-year period. This follows an application by Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development…
HARARE – The rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly are vital to every democratic society. These rights are not only enshrined in international human rights standards ratified by Zimbabwe but are also enshrined in the amended Zimbabwe Constitution. Despite this, the Zimbabwean government has failed to ensure the enjoyment of these rights by…
HARARE – Gospel hit song Ebenezer scooped a continental gong for Best Collaboration over the weekend at Trumpet Africa Music Gospel Awards held in South Africa on Sunday. Toggy Chivaviro said the song had surpassed his expectations. “This award is for Zimbabwe and Ebenezer still continues to fly high. It’s ironic that we never got…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) expenditure took up 53 percent of cash collected last year, leaving 47 percent to royalty payments. This has raised a stink with musicians, who feel that the association is using too much of the funds which are supposed to go towards royalties. Out of $761 801 collected…
HARARE – Theatre in The Park and Naughty by Nature from Bulawayo will from today stage Tension, a political satire. It will run until June 3. The play is set in a modern African country that mixes modern and traditional styles of leadership. The plot unravels when the chief is facing an internal revolt from…
