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FORMER deputy prime minister in the 2009 government of national unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara, says national unity is critical for Zimbabwe to move forward at full throttle. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) symposium on Thursday, which looked at recent constitutional changes, Mutambara said deep-seated political divisions were inhibiting the country’s development. At…

THE Supreme Court has settled the Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Zimbabwe (AFM) leadership battle after dismissing an appeal filed by faction leader Cossam Chiangwa in which he challenged a 2019 High Court order. In delivering their judgment, Supreme Court judges — Susan Mavangira, Lavender Makoni and Samuel Kudya — upheld High Court judge David…

THE government has banned face-to-face holiday lessons in schools in a bid to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus as the first term comes to an end next Friday. Schools, which will take a three-week break, are set to reopen on June 28.  However, in a circular to school heads, district and provincial education…

THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has once again filed another Supreme Court appeal challenging a High Court judgment which nixed the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office, following the release of the full ruling on Thursday. This comes as the JSC had initially filed an appeal based on a summarised judgment handed…

THE government has crafted a new law which criminalises unscrupulous traders who sell their wares using black market foreign currency rates, as the country’s economy continues to stabilise and authorities bid to calm prices of goods further. Speaking at a meeting in Harare yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the newly-enacted Statutory Instrument (SI) codifying…

THE tourism industry is showing significant strides of recovery from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, but failure to access loans by industry players threatens to derail the revival efforts, Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said. Speaking during a breakfast meeting held in Harare yesterday to discuss the uptake of the Tourism Support Facility,…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has called on the country’s criminal justice system to be impartial and maintain high standards of integrity to boost the fight against graft. Matanda-Moyo said this yesterday in her opening remarks during a Transparency International Zimbabwe-organised indaba on corruption in the legal system in Zimbabwe held in…

THE Indian government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have donated 20 ambulances to Zimbabwe in a development set to improve the country’s public health sector. Speaking during the handover ceremony at Sally Mugabe Hospital in Harare yesterday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles as the Health minister, said the donation was a clear sign…

IN A move which suggests that not all hope is lost in the relationship between Harare and Washington, the United States of America (USA) yesterday rallied its companies to invest in Zimbabwe — which it said had great potential despite being ruined during the era of the late former president Robert Mugabe. Speaking on Monday…

OUTSPOKEN Zanu PF politburo member Tshinga Dube, pictured, says youths in politics should fight to get in positions of power as the old guard will not leave anytime soon owing to the country’s hard economic situation. Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the Bulawayo Media Centre as part of the Africa Day commemorations, Dube said youths…