HARARE – Parliament has demanded an investigation into the death of a newly-born baby at Masvingo Provincial Hospital (MPH) due to alleged neglect by medical staff. The health institution’s staff is accused of reportedly failing to attend to a woman in labour, resulting in her baby’s death due to a cold. Parliament’s Public Accounts committee…
HARARE – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has vehemently refuted claims that it is working in cahoots with opposition parties to effect regime change in Zimbabwe, insisting it does not interfere with political affairs of other countries. This comes amid accusations that the United Nations (UN) agency hatched the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera)’s…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s senior most judge, Luke Malaba, will be sworn in on April 6, as Chief Justice, just over a month after the top judge Godfrey Chidyausiku retired after reaching the mandatory age of 70. Malaba — who has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline, and has earned widespread support — assumed…
HARARE – Air Zimbabwe pilots are working under appalling conditions, Parliament has been told. Presenting a parliamentary portfolio committee report on Transport and Infrastructural Development, chairperson of the committee Dexter Nduna said the poor working conditions had fast- tracked brain drain. “The pilots noted with concern the lack of job security arising from the fact…
HARARE – Following the appointment of seasoned jurist Luke Malaba as the country’s chief justice – to replace the outgoing Godfrey Chidyausiku – we applaud President Robert Mugabe’s decision to appoint this experienced lawman at a time when the process risked degenerating into a complete farce due to the political gamesmanship around the key issue….
HARARE – In a surprising turn of events, the top 50 office bearers of the Zanu PF women’s league, who met in Harare yesterday, did not make a definitive public pronouncement on the fate of embattled party heavyweights Eunice Sandi Moyo and Sarah Mahoka — instead passing the buck on the hot potato issue to…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, wily as ever, has once again run rings around brawling Zanu PF factions over the appointment of the country’s new chief justice — after he apparently picked the highly-regarded jurist, Luke Malaba, to succeed Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku who retired from the bench at the end of last month. Well-placed sources…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s health institutions are being manned by unqualified staff as a result of a recruitment freeze imposed by government, Parliament has been told. Health ministry secretary Gerald Gwinji told the Parliament’s Public Accounts portfolio committee on Monday that the situation was so bad at some hospitals to the extent that general hands were…
HARARE – A married 78-year-old woman, who had sex in the bush with her 65-year-old boyfriend before allegedly murdering him by pulling his privates after an altercation, has been dragged to the High Court facing murder charges. Meddas Hamadziripi, from Pfungwe, ran out of luck in 2015 after she was forced to confess her best…
HARARE – Villagers at Arnold Farm in Mazowe have rushed back to court after the police “defied” a High Court ruling stopping their eviction. The contempt hearing has been set down for tomorrow. The villagers, who are reportedly being evicted to make way for the expansion of First Lady Grace Mugabe’s business empire, are now…
