HARARE – Feeling the heat of the country’s worsening economic crisis, the government has pressed the panic button — threatening a savage clampdown on the media and pro-democracy groups in its desperate bid to quell any possible trouble. This comes as jittery Zimbabweans continue to besiege shops and fuel stations, as fears of worse things…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has appointed his deputy Thokozani Khupe acting president while he recovers from his current illness in a move widely seen as mending relations between the two heavyweights who have been at loggerheads over the party’s alliance with fringe political parties. Tsvangirai has taken medical leave to recover from a…
HARARE – Cleric and #ThisFlag campaign leader pastor Evan Mawarire’s trial in a matter in which he is accused of attempting to overthrow the President Robert Mugabe-led government opened yesterday in the High Court. Mawarire, who is facing an alternative charge of incitement to commit public violence, denied the allegations, claiming the State case did…
HARARE – Doctors in Zimbabwe’s public healthcare system have threatened to strike in protest over salaries whose value is being wiped out by a deepening economic crisis. Zimbabwean doctors have demanded that government put in place contingency measures that ensure health workers are adequately paid in a stable currency, and also want the State to…
HARARE – A South Africa-based driver at Prestige Carriers who reportedly leaked information that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had bought six million, 50-cent bond coins — equivalent to $3 million — from South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. The court heard that Tinashe Sikwila, 32, of Mkoba, Gweru — who transported the bond…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday alleged that some “rotten apples” in his ruling Zanu PF party are behind the crippling shortages of basic commodities that has resulted in a sharp spike in prices. Mugabe, who spoke just after touching down at the Harare International Airport from the United Nations General Assembly meeting, told his…
HARARE – Parliament is moving to pass the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill which seeks to repeal the principal Act crafted in 1961. National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda said last week: “I have to inform the House that I have received a non-adverse report from the Parliamentary Legal Committee on the Mines and Minerals Amendment…
HARARE – The local bourse ended the week in the black as industrials partially recovered after four successive sessions in the red. The mainstream index picked up by 0,46 percent to settle at 366,08 buoyed by gains in heavy caps. The resource index went up by 0,96 percent to close at 99,67. A total of…
HARARE – The Institute for Community Development in Zimbabwe Trust (ICOD Zim) has petitioned Parliament to exercise its oversight function and protect the constitutionally-guaranteed rights of persons with disabilities to participate fully in the electoral process. In a September 20 petition to Speaker Jacob Mudenda, ICOD Zim beseeched Parliament to exercise its constitutional role to…
HARARE – Transform Zimbabwe, which is a part of the MDC Alliance — a coalition of opposition parties aiming to unseat President Robert Mugabe in crunch elections expected next year — has said the country is about to experience the greatest economic turmoil since 2008. Speaking at a consultative meeting of the party leadership at…
