September 2016

HARARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader Joice Mujuru has urged police to refrain from attacking protestors warning that brutalising them is self-defeating because the current protests are also meant to improve the livelihoods of impoverished police officers across the country. Mujuru made this appeal as opposition political parties prepare to demonstrate in Harare tomorrow…

BULAWAYO – Police bashed and arrested Bulawayo Youths Arise (Buya) members who were protesting against President Robert Mugabe’s failed 36-year leadership and rising unemployment yesterday. Seven people — Buya spokesperson Alfred Dzirutwe, Mthokozisi Ncube, Plaxedis Denge, Lwandlolubanzi Ndebele, Hampton Maphosa and Lenny Kuzwarira and freelance photojournalist Crispen Ndlovu — were arrested following the violent clashes….

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF are caught between a rock and a hard place on whether to use force in quashing the escalating protests or consider dialogue with the opposition, a respected think tank has said. In its latest report, South Africa-based NKC African Economics said there are some people in Zanu…

HARARE – European Union head of delegation Phillipe Van Damme has expressed concern over the slow pace at which laws are being aligned to the Constitution adopted three years ago. So far, about 150 laws out of 400 have been aligned to the Constitution. The EU — together with Norway and Switzerland embassies — are…

HARARE – Seventy protestors who were arrested in the capital last Friday have rejected prison food in favour of Nando’s Chicken which the poorly-financed Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) says cannot afford, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. This was revealed during the bail hearing of the protestors in which their colleague collapsed in a…

HARARE – Government has urged private schools to improve on the quality of their education to match the steep school fees they charge. Addressing a press conference on the release of Ordinary and Advanced level results for June examinations yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora (pictured) said most pupils who sat for June…