THE High Court has suspended a directive by the Harare Provincial Development coordinator, Tafadzwa Muguti, shutting down non-compliant civil society organisations from operating. This comes after the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) and Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (Crisis) filed a High Court application challenging the directive. On Thursday, High Court judge Esther Muremba…
Melissa Chatikobo ENVIRONMENT minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu, says Zimbabwe should start implementing climate-smart agriculture to reduce carbon emissions, which are destroying the ozone layer resulting in drastic weather changes. Ndhlovu told stakeholders who attended the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (World Ozone Day) commemorations in Harare on Thursday, that the ozone layer…
AMID the worsening factionalism within its ranks ahead of internal polls and the former liberation movement’s forthcoming annual conference, Zanu PF is holding a number of crucial meetings to try and heal its divisions. In this light, the party held provincial management committee meetings across the country yesterday, with key district co-ordinating committee (DCC) and…
Melissa Chatikobo AT LEAST 31 healthcare workers have succumbed to Covid-19 since the beginning of the year, the Health Services Board (HSB) has said. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded over 127 000 Covid-19 cases and over 4 500 deaths since the virus hit the country’s shores in March last year. A document released by…
Melissa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) says electricity challenges are set to ease by month-end as repairs on one of the generators at Hwange Power Station are set to be complete by next Thursday. This comes as the country is facing a crippling power crisis, which saw the power company recently…
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) commissioner-general Moses Chihobvu has urged his officers to shun corrupt activities and live within their means. Speaking during a promotion ceremony for over 2 000 officers yesterday, Chihobvu said prison officials are not only putting their individual reputations at risk by engaging in graft but that of the entire…
A LOCAL non-governmental organisation, the Community Water Alliance (CWA), says decentralisation of the informal market selling points is important in the fight…
A SELF-PROCLAIMED Johanne Masowe prophet from Ruwa, Harare, who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl at his shrine before threatening to use magical powers on her, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Simbarashe Brawundi, 28, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi, who remanded him to October 8 after advising him to apply for bail…
ZANU PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna has lost a High Court case in which he accused RioZim Limited (RioZim) of attempting…
ZB FINANCIAL Holdings recorded an inflation adjusted net profit of $785 million for the six months to June 30, a 66,2 percent…
