February 2017

HARARE – Tenants renting homes that have been affected by flooding will not be compensated under a government assistance scheme, Civil Protection Unit (CPU)’s deputy director, Sibusisiwe Ndlovu, said yesterday. Several properties have been affected by recent flooding and many others remain under threat. Ndlovu told delegates at a Combined Harare Residents Association (Chra) and…

HARARE – Government is investigating the legality of the homes that were recently ravaged by floods, including those in Borrowdale, after it turned out that some where built on wetlands and waterways, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) said yesterday. This comes after several houses in the leafy Borrowdale suburb, including Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora’s mansion,…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has admitted to the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) that it has no arresting powers under the Constitution. In its heads of argument in a matter in which Zacc is being sued by Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo — who is facing allegations of siphoning over $400 000…

HARARE – Rural teachers are voicing their outrage at delayed pay dates and benefit cuts saying their strike action is on until government — which is reeling from a deepening budget crisis driven by a weak economy — meets its obligations. The assertive Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union (Artuz), which has threatened a strike next week…

HARARE – Zimbabwean doctors yesterday called on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to ensure government accounts for every death as a result of archaic diseases amid unprecedented public outrage over typhoid deaths. Zimbabwe’s government was facing scrutiny from the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) after noting the continued deplorable state of…

HARARE – Government’s directive compelling mobile telephone network operators to increase prices for Internet access was prompted by a loss of $4 million in taxes in 10 months, ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira said yesterday. The Nyanga South legislator told Parliament that all actions were meant to protect the operators, viability of the telecoms industry so…

HARARE – An armed robber who stormed into a Warren Park supermarket and fired shots before his accomplices dashed off with cash-loaded till boxes has been jailed for seven years. Harare magistrate, Nomsa Sabarauta, convicted the robber — Lawrence Wilson — of theft, robbery in aggravating circumstances, unlawful entry and illegal possession of a fire…

HARARE – The United States yesterday said it was extremely concerned by the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in Zimbabwe after the “unwarranted arrest” and continued detention of Evan Mawarire and the incarceration of Phillip Patrick Mugadza.         “We fear these recent actions will further limit the right of Zimbabweans to exercise their Constitutionally-protected…