© WAR veterans in Bulawayo are set to converge tomorrow in what has been understood to be an urgent emergency meeting to discuss, among other things, the upward review of their monthly gratuities as the economy continues to tumble. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) provincial spokesperson Christopher Sibanda said the meeting will…
© SHARP divisions have emerged among the country’s militant teachers’ unions which yesterday differed on how to approach government over a raft of demands which include having their salaries paid in United States dollars. [GoogleAd] This comes as Parliament is seized with the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) Bill, which, when it becomes law, could go…
© A senior Esigodini magistrate has filed an urgent application in the High Court seeking to overturn his employers’ decision to transfer him from Matabeleland region. [GoogleAd] Tawanda Muchemwa, who before his transfer to Rusape Magistrates’ Court, held the post of provincial magistrate, argues that the decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was “grossly…
© ZIMBABWE is facing a potentially crippling shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs due to the worsening foreign currency situation that has seen government failing to pay US$6 million owed to suppliers. [GoogleAd] This comes as experts have warned that patients on treatment and those from new cases, could be left in perilous situations as it…
© FARMERS are planning to press government for an upward review of producer prices for the 2019-2020 farming season as they cite ever-increasing production costs and surging inflation. [GoogleAd] Government, in April, announced hiked producer prices for maize, soya beans and wheat farmers, but during the last five weeks, prices of inputs have soared due…
© SENATORS have grilled Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on the delay to open Silo shops which government said would be alternatives to soaring prices of basic consumer goods. [GoogleAd] The matter was first raised by Zanu PF Matabeleland South Senator Tambudzani Mohadi who asked when the shops were going to open. “I was looking at…
© ZIMBABWEANS are appealing to the British government through an online petition for the release the seven human rights activists who are currently detained at Chikurubi Maximum Prison facing charges of subverting government. [GoogleAd] In the petition, titled “UK (United Kingdom) Government to Pressurise Zimbabwe Government to Free Innocent #Zimbabwe7”, the petitioners are calling for…
© FORMER Mines permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga’s docket has “disappeared” with prosecutors professing ignorance over its whereabouts. [GoogleAd] Gudyanga, who is also former Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) board chairperson, is accused of defrauding the State of more than $1,6 million. He allegedly caused the parastatal to pay $1 629 500 to Glammer (Pvt) Ltd,…
© BONDA Mission Hospital, a major referral health facility in Manicaland Province has been hit with a $50 000 lawsuit for nonpayment of electricity bills. [GoogleAd] The Anglican-run hospital has not been spared by the economic crunch that has crippled health service delivery owing to shortage of drugs and dilapidated equipment among other factors. In…
© TRIAL of former ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira was yesterday postponed to July 16 pending finalisation of High Court proceedings. [GoogleAd] Mandiwanzira is accused of criminal abuse of office after allegedly appointing his unqualified personal assistant Tawanda Chinembiri to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory (Potraz) board. Prosecutor George Manokore sought a longer postponement in…
