© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attempts to end decades of Zimbabwe’s international isolation are all but dead in the water, after the European Union (EU) threatened to pull the plug on future funding this week, unless Harare effects needed political reforms, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] In addition, the EU has also bluntly told the govern-…
© EXPERTS say Zimbabwe is struggling to detect HIV drug-resistant cases at most public hospitals due to a lack of equipment putting the lives of many patients at risk. This comes as it has emerged that the country is struggling with drug-resistant cases among HIV-positive people, especially children. National Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment co-ordinator Angela…
ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (Zesn) has noted with concern the timing of the drilling of 15 boreholes by the District Development Fund (DDF) in Glen View South which Zanu PF seems to have taken advantage of in its campaigns ahead of a by-election scheduled for September 7 in the Constituency. [GoogleAd] Zesn chairperson Andrew Makoni…
© THE High Court yesterday freed activist Paddington Japajapa, pictured, who was serving two years for inciting violence during last year’s polls on $1 000 bail. Japajapa was represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Right’s Gift Mtisi and sought bail pending ap- peal against the sentence and conviction. [GoogleAd] High Court judge Jacob Manzunzu ordered that…
© FORMER president Robert Mugabe’s Alpha Omega Dairy (Pvt) Ltd has been dragged to court after unlawfully impound- ing a shipping company’s vehicles in 2014. Sun Marine Shipping (Pty) Ltd (Sun Marine) has approached the High Court seeking a spoliation order for the return of an Interna- tional 9 800 truck horse, two inter- link trailers…
© GOVERNMENT has ordered schools that are demanding groceries on top of school fees and levies to stop the practice forthwith or face censure. Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima told Senate on Thursday that the government is looking into the issue with a view to stop the practice.] [GoogleAd “For boarding schools, prices of…
© COMMUTERS travelling to work yesterday had to walk into town while those who did not have identity documents were stopped from proceeding to work as police intensified their crackdown on demonstrations. Roads leading to Harare’s central business district were festooned with roadblocks apparently as police continued on a high alert amidst a fear that the…
© MDC national deputy organising secretary Sibusisiwe Budha appeared in court yesterday charged with failing to comply with a prohibition notice issued by the police which banned the August 16 demonstrations in Harare. Budha is being charged of violating section 26 (11) of the Public Order and Security Act Chapter 11:17. [GoogleAd] Her arraignment comes a…
© FORMER minister in the then vice president Joice Mujuru’s office, Flora Buka, has been dragged to the High Court after failing to pay a $370 000 electricity bill. Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has approached the High Court seeking registration of a deed of settlement to have Buka ordered to settle $368…
© NORTON Town Council (NTC) has entered into an agreement with private firm Hydromart for the construction of the town’s own water treatment plant. According to the town secretary Kizito Muhom- ba, the plant would be able to treat 200 megalitres (Ml) of water for the town. This comes as Harare, which supplies the town with…
