HARARE – Rights groups and political analysts have expressed outrage over the savage attacks on vendors and ordinary citizens by police in its on-going blitz against vending in Harare’s central business district (CBD) and its precincts. This comes as pressure is mounting on government to set up an independent body to investigate complaints against members…
HARARE – Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament (MP) Justice Mayor Wadyajena has paid a moving tribute to Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister — Sibusiso Busi (SB) Moyo — who is currently recovering after undergoing surgery for a yet-to-be disclosed kidney ailment. Moyo missed the on-going United Nations General Assembly meeting in the United States, where…
HARARE – Bitumen World Civil Engineering Contractors have cleared the air over the controversy surrounding the construction of a roundabout in Harare. The roundabout, which is located along Harare Drive Road and Rolf Avenue intersection went viral on social media, particularly on Twitter and ignited a debate over who constructed it. Zanu PF supporters credited…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s anti-corruption drive will not be taken seriously as long as he keeps, in his government, officials whose past is tainted as is currently the case — independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has said. Mliswa said this in Parliament yesterday while debating Mnangagwa’s speech during his State-of-the-Nation Address last week when…
HARARE – Former Energy minister Simon Khaya Moyo who is Senator for Matabeleland South yesterday said the current economic crisis needs fresh minds as the situation at hand cannot be solved by tired minds. Speaking in Senate, Khaya Moyo said the current economic crisis needs people who work hard. “This economy needs thinkers and doers….
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo’s premier event Intwasa Arts Festival opened on Monday amid fears that the cholera outbreak, fuel shortages and cash shortages will dampen the arts extravaganza. As part of the efforts by government to bring the cholera scourge under control, police banned public gatherings which saw many arts events particularly in the capital being…
HARARE – Tempers flared during a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the St John’s Education Trust to discuss disclosures by the school’s deputy headmaster to the effect that he was gay. The chairperson of the trust Charles Msipa had sent mail to parents and guardians inviting them to the meeting held on Monday, which yielded no…
HARARE – Stakeholders in the country’s education sector have been left speechless, following St John’s College deputy headmaster’s revelation last week that he is gay. Neal Hovelmeier, the second in charge at the private school located in the affluent Borrowdale suburb, openly announced his sexual orientation last week to cheering students in a packed school…
HARARE – Multiple insurance company, Zimnat, has set up water tanks in Budiriro which it is filling with 20 000 litres of bulk treated water every day, as it joins government and other corporates in the fight against the deadly cholera outbreak. This comes as government needs more than $60 million to contain the highly-infectious…
HARARE – The police will continue to patrol the streets of Harare while confiscating wares of those vendors resisting relocation to designated vending sites. “We have commitment from the Zimbabwe Republic Police that they are going to assist our municipal police until the situation reaches a sustainable level. The relocation may take some time but…
