HARARE – The government is picking up the tab for former president Robert Mugabe, 93, who has flown to Singapore for a medical check-up, his ex-spokesperson said on Thursday. Mugabe and his wife Grace have not been seen in public since he was forced to resign after a military takeover brought a sudden end to…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) in collaboration with the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has been carrying out documentation clinics in the Matabeleland region to assist potential voters to get documented and registered to vote. ZimRights engaged Abammeli Lawyers for Human Rights Network to do documentation of beneficiaries, where they assisted in drafting…
HARARE – The number of foreign tourists visiting Zimbabwe are projected to jump by around 10 percent on the back of the recent political transition, the Zimbabwe Council for Tourism (ZCT) has said, putting the country firmly on track for another record year for tourism. “The previous year (2016) our target was 2,1 million tourists…
HARARE – The United States (US) President Donald Trump must temporarily lift long-standing sanctions against Zimbabwe to undercut a massive government exercise in dishonesty that the targeted measures are at the root of all economic problems and a cash crunch that has forced the government to delay wages to soldiers and civil servants, local author…
HARARE – Typhoid has continued to break out in Harare, the Health and Child Care ministry said in a notice, warning of further disease outbreaks unless sanitation is restored in the capital currently under appalling conditions. At least 646 cases of typhoid were confirmed by the ministry, and its epicentre is Mbare. The first case…
HARARE – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has said it will soon be decentralising the High Court to other parts of the country in a bid to provide efficient service delivery to members of the public. Speaking to journalists yesterday after the appointment of eight High Court judges, judge president George Chiweshe said they will…
HARARE – Evicted Zimbabwean white farmers that settled in Zambia have said they are willing to return home to help turn the country’s agricultural economy around under President Emerson Mnangagwa’s government. It is mainly the evicted white Zimbabwean farmers’ innovations that have transformed small-scale growers in their newly-adopted neighbouring country into productive farmers, upping their…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest seed producer, SeedCo, says it is targeting to increase maize production in the smallholder sector by 275 percent from the current 0,8 tonnes to 3,0 tonnes. SeedCo Zimbabwe managing director Denias Zaranyika said increasing agricultural productivity remains a central concern for the company. “This is because it is a major factor…
HARARE – William Masvinu, 43, who landed his third Mr Ugly contest crown last Sunday, has been dethroned after allegedly manhandling the sponsor of the competition for delaying to give him his $500 first prize. Epworth-based Masvinu, who was also victorious in the same contest in 2012 and 2013, has now been replaced by Fanuel…
HARARE – Transit Crew — Zimbabwe’s oldest reggae band — will perform at the Unplugged event on tomorrow at Wingate Park Golf Club. The band’s manager, Tavonga “Ras Teekay” Mafundikwa, has promised fireworks at the monthly event. “Transit as you know is the country’s oldest reggae institution and as such we have mastered the art…
