HARARE – The Americans have released damaging claims of who among Zimbabwe’s ruling class allegedly directed the Gukurahundi massacres of the early 1980s, in which an estimated 20 000 innocent civilians were killed by the army mainly in Matabeleland and the Midlands. According to declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reports that were released on Wednesday…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has denied bail to activist cleric, Patrick Phillip Mugadza, who controversially “prophesied” President Robert Mugabe’s death which he claimed would happen before the end of this year. The well-known “Mugabe-must-go” churchman was remanded in custody to 3 February. “ . . . the court ought to strike a balance between…
HARARE – United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa is set to construct a state-of-the-art secondary school in Sunningdale, bringing relief to the area’s hundreds of secondary school children who currently walk long distances to access schools. The Harare-based popular preacher has already acquired close to 10 hectares in the area for the establishment…
HARARE – Rural-based teachers want Parliament to draft a new education law making it mandatory for government to fund basic education for all learners and provide more support for non-urban schools. On Wednesday, senior members of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) met MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare to discuss the proposal…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has said it is working around the clock to avert a typhoid outbreak in the country’s overcrowded prisons. This comes as a typhoid outbreak has hit the high density suburb of Mbare and claimed two lives. ZPCS said isolation wards have been set up to quarantine…
HARARE – National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, Lovemore Madhuku, has condemned the gruesome violence that erupted in Bikita West on Tuesday ahead of the constituency’s by-election and slammed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of not taking action over the matter. The opposition party’s candidate Madock Chivasa and his chief election agent, Thomas Mudzamiri, were bashed…
HARARE – THE adoption of the 2013 Constitution into law, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule, spurred a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of several subsidiary legislation, outgoing Chief Justice (CJ) Godfrey Chidyausiku has said. “The new Constitution initially spurred increased litigation in the Constitutional Court,…
HARARE – Vendors have filed an urgent chamber application in the High Court challenging the ban on vending in the city centre. Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) lawyer Tonderai Bhatasara said they had cited the Harare City Council (HCC), Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere and police chief Augustine Chihuri as respondents. An…
HARARE – Since time immemorial, Dynamos has always had an opaque ownership and leadership structure which has certainly curtailed the club’s growth. Presently, there is an ongoing ownership wrangle between the Bernard Marriot group and Ernest Kamba’s posse over who should be in control of the club. As one of the country’s oldest and most…
HARARE – China is willing to help Zimbabwe revive its economy through company investments, infrastructure development and bilateral cooperation, the Asian giant’s envoy has said. China’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Huang Ping, on Wednesday told delegates attending the “Chinese New Year 2017” reception that his embassy will continue to promote steady and sound growth of China-Zimbabwe…
