NEW YORK – Scientists in the US have warned that the shortage of yellow fever vaccines could spark a health security crisis. An outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral disease has killed 277 people in Angola since December, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO says almost six million people have been vaccinated…
HARARE – There are growing fears within the warring Zanu PF that deadly violence could break out on Africa Day when party youths opposed to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa hold what they say will be a pro-President Robert Mugabe “solidarity” march. The serious concerns mounted yesterday after party youths aligned to the beleaguered VP…
HARARE – Police yesterday arrested missing activist Itai Dzamara’s brother Patson before they blocked the family and friends from holding a prayer meeting in Harare’s Africa Unity Square. Dozens of police officers in anti-riot gear besieged the Africa Unity Square, the scene of Itai’s demonstrations and took with them Patson — who is proving to…
HARARE – Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has warned Zanu PF-administered councils that he will be more ruthless with them if they are found to be corrupt to send a message that his anti-graft crusade is not partisan. Addressing Zanu PF supporters in Karoi last week, Kasukuwere said he expected local authorities run by the…
HARARE – Two Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) employees based at Mutare and Beitbridge boarder posts, who cashed in on undervaluing imported motor vehicles and swindled their employer of $200 000 collectively, appeared in court yesterday. Moses Jemedze, 36, a revenue officer at Beitbridge Border Post and Margaret Nyahoda, 49, a supervisor at Mutare Customs and Excise…
HARARE – With the country’s economy in freefall, the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has set May 28 for another massive demonstration in the former industrial hub of Bulawayo — as it seeks to tighten screws on the “clueless” governing Zanu PF party. Apparently, buoyed by the success of its first demonstration that was held in Harare…
HARARE – At least 17 percent of human rights violations in February and May were perpetrated by municipal police in cities controlled by the MDC, an opposition official has said. MDC MP for Bulawayo South Eddie Cross, who is also the main opposition shadow minister for Local Government, accepted responsibility for part of the chaos…
HARARE – The banking sector plays an intermediary role in the economy through a process called financial mediation. In laymen’s terms, this simply means mobilising surplus deposits and lending to borrowers. Moreover, these deposits can be short term, medium term, long term, fixed or on-call. The majority of the $6 billion dollars annual deposits have…
HARARE – Agriculture and Mechanisation minister Joseph Made has said that for the country to reap rewards in the horticulture sector, there is need to increase the use of irrigation equipment. Speaking at the launch of two cylindrical and foot-operated moneymaker irrigation pumps at a local hotel in Harare, Made said with the aid of…
RIO DE JANEIRO – The fight over President Dilma Rousseff’s future has taken a strange twist in Congress, with the leader of the lower house saying senators can’t go ahead with an impeachment vote and the Senate leader insisting they will. The latest chapter in Brazil’s political drama began on Monday when the acting speaker…
