HARARE – Rights group Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has said President Robert Mugabe’s suggestion that the much-dreaded National Youth Service (NYS) be revived could result in violence. The Jestina Mukoko-led ZPP claimed that youths —popularly known as “green bombers” — trained in various camps all over the country under the programme have been involved in…
HARARE – Harare City Council has embarked on an ambitious water meter verification exercise to determine the number of working meters and replace non-functional ones. The council’s spokesperson, Michael Chideme, pictured above, said Harare has so far installed over 4 000 water metres in Belvedere alone. “The number will go up depending on the number…
HARARE – Fresh from celebrating his 93rd birthday in Matobo with thousands of Zanu PF supporters last weekend, President Robert Mugabe flew out to Singapore in the wee hours of yesterday for what his office said was for a “scheduled” health check-up. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba, while refreshingly forthcoming about Mugabe’s Far East medical time-out…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s supporters — who go by the moniker Team Lacoste — say they are encouraged by President Robert Mugabe’s recent hint that the warring ruling Zanu PF could hold a special congress to choose his successor. This comes after Mugabe suggested during his 93rd birthday celebrations in Matobo at the…
HARARE – It never rains but pours for long-suffering and impoverished ordinary Zimbabweans who will have to brace for the worst at government hospitals after senior doctors yesterday joined the on-going nationwide strike by their juniors. In an urgent memorandum to the Chitungwiza Central Hospital management, the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) gave notice that…
HARARE – Vocal former Zanu PF provincial youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu — facing charges of attempting to subvert President Robert Mugabe’s government — was yesterday freed on $100 bail. High Court judge Priscillah Chigumba ruled that the 34-year-old politician was a suitable candidate for bail after prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema consented to the request. “It is…
HARARE – High Court judge David Mangota has granted an order outlawing corporal punishment in schools and at home, following an application filed by a parent and a minors’ rights organisation — Justice for Children Trust. Tendai Biti, who appeared on behalf of the applicants, confirmed the development to the Daily News. “We are very…
HARARE – Harare central business district (CBD) and Norton suburbs have gone for the past three days without tap water. The City of Harare said Msasa and the heavy industrial area were also affected. “Warren Control had a power failure and this affected our delivery into the city,” it said in a statement, adding “we…
HARARE – A youth pressure group has called on Parliament to amend the Electoral Act to introduce compulsory voting ahead of the 2018 elections. According to Youth Advocacy for Voter Enlightenment and Progressive Orientation (Yavepo), the number of people who voted in 2013 elections was so low it brings the legitimacy of the current government…
HARARE – Floods triggered by the on-going torrential rains have so far swept away five bridges along major highways across Zimbabwe, Transport minister Joram Gumbo said. He told a news conference yesterday that the bridges washed away include Nkankezi along Zvishavane-Mbalabala road in Matabeleland South, Jeka Bridge along Danga-Dolo in Midlands and Nuanetsi Bridge along…
