HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government has escalated its clampdown on human rights defenders, with police arresting more of the activists in 2016, compared to the previous year, a latest Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) report has revealed. In its recently released 2016 annual study, the rights lawyers said they represented over a thousand…
HARARE – Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s suspension of Chitungwiza councillors is unconstitutional, the Chitungwiza Residents Trust (Chitrest) has said. Last week, Kasukuwere suspended the town’s 25 councillors, including the Mayor Phillip Mutoti, over corruption allegations. The councillors, accused of allegedly contravening Section 114 of the Urban Councils Act, are also charged of gross incompetence,…
HARARE – Financial services group, Zimre Holdings (Zimre), says its cost containment measures have started yielding results after the group trimmed its loss to $2,2 million from $23,1 million in the year ended December 2016. Group chairperson Ben Khumalo said the group — which has been undergoing various cost containment measures — had also adopted…
