MUTARE – At least 265 Mozambican child refugees have missed class during the last term due to staff shortages at Tongogara Primary School (TPS), despite the United Nations offering to pay teachers’ salaries, a senior government official has said. Tongogara Refugee Camp administrator Meshack Zengeya told Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira during a tour of…
HARARE – Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has bemoaned the absence of a substantive town clerk for the city following the suspension of James Mushore. He said politics was interfering with Harare City Council (HCC)’s affairs and functions. While giving a State of the City Address recently, Manyenyeni said Mushore — a former top banker —…
HARARE – Most parts of Zimbabwe are set to receive rains over the weekend, the Meteorological Service Department (Met) has predicted. In yesterday’s forecast, the department’s forecaster Chenai Sithole said the rains should be expected on Sunday, while cold temperatures will persist throughout the country. The rains come after the country experienced above normal rainfall…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has maintained his lengthy grip on power through electoral chicanery — including rigging polls — at the expense of opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, exiled music icon Thomas Mapfumo, pictured, has said. Speaking on “Live Talk: The Connection” radio show on Voice of America’s Studio 7, the United States-based Mapfumo…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must lift restrictions on observers to allow effective participation in the site validation test of Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) said yesterday. This comes after Zec laid out strict conditions for those accredited to observe the BVR kits site validation tests. Briefing the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has perfected the art of laying treason charges against anyone he feels is a threat to his throne, former politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire has said. This comes as Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere is under the cosh for allegedly plotting to topple Mugabe. Mavhaire — famed for challenging Mugabe…
HARARE – Zimbabweans must stop blaming sanctions and focus on reviving the country’s dying economy, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday. This comes as most Zanu PF government officials, including President Robert Mugabe, have continuously blamed sanctions — imposed over a decade ago — for its failed policies and economic woes bedevilling the country….
PRETORIA – At least 19 children have been killed in a minibus crash near the South African capital, Pretoria, emergency services and officials say. The children died after the vehicle burst into flames following a collision with a truck just north of the capital. There were understood to be both primary and secondary school-aged children…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe celebrates 37 years of independence I would like to acknowledge the accomplishments of our arts industry in so far as promoting our work overseas where we have been holding successful exhibitions and musicals. In showcasing our works as artists overseas, we are indeed working as the country’s cultural ambassadors. While the…
HARARE – While Zimbabweans acknowledge the political liberation and the land bequeathed to us by our elders, the baton stick should not end with them but must of necessity be passed on. Today 37 years on, we celebrate their sterling efforts in giving us black majority rule. Our elders discharged their God given duties in…
