HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to the rescue of the Tsvangirais yesterday, who were swamped by bills relating to health costs incurred by the late MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, amounting to R2 million. Mnangagwa committed his government to cover all the expenses to do with Tsvangirai’s funeral, including a R2 million hospital bill. This…
HARARE – Parliament’s Finance and Economic Development portfolio committee chairperson David Chapfika has blasted his counterpart, Justice Mayor Wadyajena — who chairs the Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlements committee — arguing he has no mandate to probe issues that fall under his purview. Wadyajena had summoned fuel company Sakunda Holdings (Sakunda) to appear before his…
HARARE – Harare regional magistrate Elijah Makomo has acquitted two Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) executives, after ruling they were being maliciously targeted by former Mines ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga, who sought to cover up on his acts of bad governance and criminal abuse of office. The duo — deputy general manager finance…
HARARE – Parliament has joined Zimbabweans and the rest of the world in mourning the late opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, pictured, who died in South Africa last Wednesday after a long battle with colon cancer. Before the commencement of parliamentary business in the house on Thursday last week National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced…
HARARE – Harare City Council will soon demolish old dilapidated buildings, as it moves to upgrade and modernise the city to international standards. In an interview last week, the city’s town planner, Gloria Gwatsvaira, highlighted that Local Development Plan 22 (LDP 22) will also ease congestion in the city through organising the informal sector. LDP…
HARARE – Poor access and a shortage of psychotropic drugs for mental patients could be the hindering factor towards treatment, a leading medical donor agency said. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) head of mission Abi Kebra Belaye said drug stock-outs are common in communities across Zimbabwe, leaving patients stranded. Belaye’s worry comes as an estimated 10…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) issued a statement last week advising the public of the suspension of seven officials from the examination body in order to pave way for an audit into leakages of question papers. Two of the officials were suspended pending retirement, while another executive was sent on three months’…
HARARE – John Henry Newman in The Idea of a University, way back in 1852, wrote: “A university is a place for the communication and circulation of thought, by means of personal intercourse… It is a place where inquiry is pushed forward,… discoveries verified and perfected, and… error exposed, by the collision of mind with…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s widow Elizabeth faces the spectre of being deprived of her inheritance following the death of her husband on Wednesday last week. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – A bitter family feud over Morgan Tsvangirai’s widow — Elizabeth — accompanying her husband’s body into the One Commando Barracks forced government to step in yesterday and take charge of the proceedings, triggering protests from the late opposition MDC leader’s supporters. At the last minute yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — which refused…
