August 2019

© MDC national chairperson Tabitha Khumalo, Senator Helen Mpofu and six other opposition party activists are set to appear in court today facing charges of accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of stealing the July 2018 elections. [GoogleAd] Police here arrested Khumalo, Mpofu, women’s provincial assembly chairperson Luba Masotsha, Elliot Mujeri, Tinashe Matimbura, Meliqiniso Sithole and Shelton…

© The price of maize has gone up from $700 per metric tonne(MT) to $1 000/MT, two months after government banned the sale or delivery of maize by any person or statutory body except to a contractor or to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB).  [GoogleAd] The regulations — ushered through Statutory Instrument 145 (SI145) —…

© Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) riot officers assaulted Talkmore Fani Mapfumo, a local journalist with an online publication on Friday in Harare for filming the police officers when they were dispersing protesters in the Central Business District (CBD). [GoogleAd] In a video clip, taken by his fellow workmate, the officers in full riot gear are…

© COMMUTER operators have been advised that route restrictions for their road service permits will be waived this week as the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show kicks off today. [GoogleAd] “All holders of valid commuter omnibuses route authorities that operate within Harare are advised that the route restrictions for their road service permits will be waived only…

© BULAWAYO police yesterday issued a prohibition order banning today’s MDC’s planned protests that have been set for the city.Police threatened to jail for one year those that defy the ban. [GoogleAd] Officer commanding Bulawayo central district Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Phiri issued a prohibition order citing fears of violence and destruction to property. “A prohibition…

© A HARARE man has filed a lawsuit against the Harare City Council seeking compensation for losing one of his testicles during a brutal attack by municipal police officers as they were clearing vendors from the central business district. [GoogleAd] Admire Chipusire claimed in his summons that the brutal attack has compromised his fertility and…

© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has agreed to ratify the protocol on the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, effectively agreeing to the enforcement of the judgments of the court within Zimbabwe’s domestic jurisdictions.   [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa, who has taken over chairmanship of the Sadc Troika, was leading by example in ratifying the protocol, Justice…

© RURAL District Councils are reviewing their levies, taxes and rentals for 2020 in accordance with prevailing inter-bank rates. Mazowe RDC told its ratepayers that the review in charges was in terms of sections 76, 96, 100 and 104 of the Rural District Council Act (Chapter 29:13). [GoogleAd] The review comes as most local authorities…

© Government is ramping up efforts to curb malaria with a plan to boost spending on bed nets, medicines and malaria tests to contain the mosquito-borne disease. [GoogleAd] This comes as the disease has claimed 66 lives so far this year, with Manicaland Province and its city Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe seeing a hike in…