HARARE – Lloyd Mutasa’s tenure as the Dynamos coach is likely to come to an end when the Glamour Boy’s leadership meets today after a string of poor results. The Harare giants are now set to finish the season without any silverware after they were bundled out of the Chibuku Super Cup in the first…
JOHANNESBURG – By lunchtime on Tuesday a number of universities across the country had been disrupted by protesting students‚ with some closing shop. This after higher education and training minister Blade Nzimande’s 2017 fee increase announcement on Monday reignited student protests over free education and the outsourcing of services. Students are up in arms over…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has ramped up her bid to stop the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) from introducing bond notes — the country’s proposed surrogate currency — next month, as pressure continues to mount on President Robert Mugabe’s embattled government to turn around the dying local economy. Mujuru’s lawyer Gift Nyandoro…
HARARE – Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has slammed war veterans’ leader Victor Matemadanda after he called for democracy in Zimbabwe, labelling him “dissident”. During an interview with the Voice of America (Voa) recently, Matemadanda said when Zimbabwe fought the liberation struggle, it was against an unfair colonial system as opposed to a racial war….
HARARE – The British and United States (US) governments have warned their citizens travelling to Zimbabwe to be cautious of the tense political environment in the country where anti-President Robert Mugabe protests have rocked the nation. In the past months, multitudes of civilian protesters — together with opposition parties — have taken to the streets…
HARARE – Pro-democracy and opposition political groups seeking to have the High Court overturn a police ban on demonstrations in central Harare will have to wait a little longer after the court deferred its hearing to September 27. Judge president George Chiweshe yesterday postponed the hearing to allow the groups to file their heads of…
HARARE – High Court judge Happious Zhou yesterday freed 14 more suspected protesters accused of committing public violence acts and torching two State-owned vehicles during a demonstration in Harare last month. The suspects — freed on $50 bail each — were part of 70 others that were arrested by police on allegations of committing acts…
HARARE – A 43-year-old Harare woman accusing former War Veterans minister Chistopher Mutsvangwa’s son, Neville, of raping her yesterday told the court that she was only bitter that the latter made her eat her menstrual blood during the act. Neville, 36, was represented by Harrison Nkomo when the trial opened before Harare regional magistrate Hosea…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his desperate Zanu PF have turned to former liberation war collaborators for support ahead of the 2018 elections, after falling out with their traditional allies, war veterans. Up until the recent fallout, war veterans had for long been a key pillar of support for Mugabe’s 36-year grip on power,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has moved to transform teachers’ training colleges and polytechnics into degree-awarding institutions, with the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry setting up committees to look into the feasibility of the transformations. The institutions will offer about four specialised degrees, according to Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo. Moyo said the transformation of…
