HARARE – Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has said schools have a right to withhold the results of students who sat for Grade 7 examinations over outstanding debt. He was responding to a question by Manicaland Senator Shadreck Chipanga who noted that the Grade 7 results are out and asked how the minister…
HARARE – Zanu PF youths linked to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have savaged key members of the rival Generation 40 (G40) saying their “corrupt activities” must be declared a threat to national security. In a scathing statement, Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) national chairperson Tonderai Chidawa, who is also Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union (Zicosu)…
HARARE – Mobile data brought wireless carriers more revenue than voice calls did for the last quarter, a milestone for the industry as faster network speeds are prompting Zimbabweans to consume, and pay for more data than ever. Mobile data service revenue reached $194 million in the third quarter of 2016, an increase of more…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF has launched an invasive mass surveillance of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and health workers in a move that risks violating their right to privacy and freedom of expression. A Zanu PF central committee report that was presented before the party’s dump squib annual conference held in the ancient…
HARARE – Faced with a deep recession, Zimbabwe is looking to lure foreign investments in 2017, saying it will allow more foreign participation in its main market, in the latest step towards shoring up the country’s stuttering economy. Macro Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Obert Mpofu, making the last statement of the year to…
HARARE – National power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) says it is struggling to generate enough electricity to cater for the whole country due to the worsening cash crunch and lack of foreign currency. The company’s subsidiary, Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), yesterday said it produced a total of 6 282 gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy in…
HARARE – Voluble Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has once again taken deadly aim at the supporters of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, branding them as thieves in a video which was released this week although it was recorded in the run-up to the warring ruling Zanu PF’s Masvingo conference. Well-placed ruling party sources who spoke…
HARARE – As the warring Zanu PF shifts its attention to the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections, opposition forces have warned that they will mount more crippling anti-government demonstrations in 2017, to force President Robert Mugabe to address the country’s deepening economic rot or quit. This comes as the government is continuing to struggle to pay…
HARARE – Palpable fear has gripped workers across the country as more companies continue to lay off large numbers of their staff, a direct consequence of the prevailing tough economic situation in the country. Latest figures from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) revealed that nearly 3 000 people lost their jobs in the nine…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government has admitted that it has failed to revive its railway operator parastatal due to lack of funding. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the country will have to look elsewhere for solutions to resuscitate the National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ). [GoogleAd] “A comprehensive capitalisation programme for the National Railways of Zimbabwe…
