RENOWNED human rights lawyer from Sudan, Yasmin Sooka has challenged Zimbabwe to take a cue from other African countries that have successfully managed to handle their political crisis through an effective national dialogue process. [GoogleAd] The advice by Sooka, the former chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan come at a time…
HOSPITALITY concern Cambria Africa-owned Leopard Rock Hotel is committing 10 percent of its revenue over the next month to assisting Cyclone Idai affected individuals and communities while Chimanimani Hotel is sheltering around 300 affected people. [GoogleAd] Cambria Africa director Samir Shasha said the money will be released periodically until the end of April and is…
CIVIL Protection Unit (CPU) has advised members of the public residing in the Vumba community to evacuate the area downstream of Manyera Dam as its wall faces imminent collapse. [GoogleAd] The dam wall has weakened following violent storms and flooding after parts of Manicaland and Masvingo were recently hit by Cyclone Idai which has left…
AS Zimbabwe seems to be on the verge of yet another fuel crisis, government has rubbished claims there will be another outage in the country. This comes after fuel pumps have been seemingly running dry with local commuter omnibuses draining the frustrated commuting public — hiking bus fare prices by 100 percent under the guise…
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC has dismissed claims they are working with the ruling Zanu PF party alleging those spreading such rumours are being “jealous” of its leader. [GoogleAd] The party’s spokesperson Webster Dube said Khupe will not sell out the people’s struggle for money or power by “forging an alliance with Zanu PF. Khupe was…
LAST week President Emmerson Mnangagwa made an unprecedented move to lure the much radical and vocal Matabeleland civic society to his Bulawayo State House. [GoogleAd] Here, Mnangagwa judiciously allowed the civic society members who had been given a rare opportunity to directly outpour their burning issues and reveal what was burning in their hearts. It…
OVER the past year or so we have seen inflation pressures escalating in Zimbabwe. The latest figure of 59,39 percent for January has invoked fears among Zimbabweans who do not want a repeat of the last decade’s experiences when hyperinflation reached alarming levels. [GoogleAd] We have seen prices going up especially since October last…
EDITOR — I am certain that by now President Emmerson Mnangagwa has lost count of the foreign trips he has embarked on since he came into power in 2017. [GoogleAd] It is an open secret that Zimbabwe had become largely disintegrated from the outside world largely due to a toxic foreign policy that I am…
EDITOR — Government should recognise the value of tobacco farmers. These are people who work all year round for the benefit of the nation. Their hard work should be recognised and rewarded accordingly. [GoogleAd] Right now the country is struggling to raise foreign currency to meet its obligations like medical supplies and fuel. They are bringing…
Internationally acclaimed local economist Tony Hawkins says Zimbabwe’s economic revival hinges on the building of consensus between the ruling Zanu PF and the country’s main opposition, the MDC. [GoogleAd] Hawkins, an economics professor who founded the Graduate School of Management at the University of Zimbabwe, made the remarks at a recent breakfast meeting hosted by the…
