AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has called upon the nation to wear red today in commemoration of unionists who have been standing up for people’s rights by demanding for better living wages in the country. The commemorations are in honour of ‘heroes’, alleged to have suffered abductions, arrests, torture and unjustified detentions during…
TOP MDC officials, including party president Nelson Chamisa and his potential challenger Douglas Mwonzora are not leaving anything to chance as they traverse the country coaxing through proxies for nominations ahead of the opposition movement’s elective congress next month. [GoogleAd] So far Chamisa has been nominated by three provinces with his rival Mwonzora on the…
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) says it has started to implement recommendations by the former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe-led Commission of Inquiry citing that police officers will be going under re-training stemming from their 2019 rebranding strategy. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga says his force is working towards re-branding itself to restore…
MATABELELAND North provincial education director (Ped) Jabulani Mpofu said the Education ministry has shelved the compulsory order for schools in the area to hold vacation lessons for Grade 5 to 7 and for Form Five classes this coming school holiday. [GoogleAd] This comes after the Ped had given a directive to heads of schools in…
UNITED Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) says while over the years the country’s health system has been devastated by a prolonged economic and social crisis, it is the Health Development Fund that has enabled the country to improve access to health facilities since its introduction in 2015. [GoogleAd] As the world recently commemorated World…
WOMEN rights groups and activists have lodged a petition with Parliament demanding gender equity in government institutions which are currently mostly male-dominated. [GoogleAd] Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe, a network of women’s rights organisations and activists said despite women constituting the majority, they continue to be a minority in terms of representation in access to resources,…
ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has requested city fathers to beam live Bulawayo’s full council meetings in a similar way it covers parliamentary sessions. [GoogleAd] In a letter addressed to the town clerk Christopher Dube, dated February 27, as indicated in the latest council report, the national broadcaster requested a partnership with the local authority, in…
BULAWAYO City Council is failing to swiftly fix road signage and other council properties which were left heavily damaged during the January fuel protests because of strict procurement laws. [GoogleAd] Apart from the strict procurement laws, the Monetary Policy Statement presented by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya in February has eroded their initial…
MDC president Nelson Chamisa on Monday threatened to expel those instigating violence that has rocked his party ahead of the congress in May. [GoogleAd] The youthful opposition leader was in a no nonsense mood all afternoon during an explosive meeting held at the party provincial offices as he took everyone to task particularly on the…
AN executor has been dragged to the High Court after refusing to recognise a $160 000 property sale entered between a family trust and his now deceased client. [GoogleAd] Falkland Family Trust (Falklands) listed the executor of the late Joseph Taurayi Punungwe’s Estate, Oliver Masomera and the Registrar of Deeds as defendants in the matter….
