MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says the opposition will receive a heavy electoral shellacking in 2023, unless it changes tack quickly and ditches confrontational politics. In addition, the MDC boss also wants the opposition to pursue dialogue more vigorously to avoid violence in the country’s fast approaching national elections. This comes as opposition bigwigs have warned…
THE Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ) has urged the government to fund the testing of students and staff in public, boarding and community schools for Covid-19 to curb the continued spread of the virus. This comes as school heads have also urged stakeholders to double efforts in ensuring adherence to safety guidelines, after two institutions…
AS INSURGENTS continue to run amok in neighbouring Mozambique, it has emerged that their recent attacks in the coastal town of Palma claimed the life of a young Zimbabwean who was employed there. The 38-year-old man, Nyasha Mugwagwa, was a catering manager for Remote Site Solutions — one of the contracted companies at the multibillion-dollar gas…
DEFUNCT Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) is looking for new investors in a bid to revive the firm, which at its peak employed over 8 000 people in Redcliff and Kwekwe. The firm, considered to be strategic to the country’s economic revival, stopped production in 2008 owing to operational and financial challenges. Several efforts…
THE Covid-19 pandemic has hampered the Bulawayo City Council’s (BCC) revenue collection, with the city fathers admitting it has exacerbated their already dwindling financial position. The latest council report indicates that since the advent of the deadly pandemic in March 2020, the local authority had to forgo other sources of revenue collection due to lockdown…
THE Pan-African Parliament (PAP) will continue to lobby for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe by the United States and its western allies despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. Harare has been under sanctions since 2000 when the late president Robert Mugabe’s administration embarked on a chaotic and violent land reform programme. The…
OPPOSITION big shots say their fight for a better Zimbabwe for all is being slowed down by fear, as authorities continue to crack down on people who stand accused of breaching the country’s laws. MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, and Transform Zimbabwe In addition, they are worried that last week’s jailing of…
AUTHORITIES have stepped up their efforts against graft within the police force, with Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe urging citizens to use technology to help nail rogue cops. This comes amid growing concerns over the rising incidents of police officers being implicated in violent crime and corruption. Speaking in Senate last week, Kazembe said Zimbabweans…
in BULAWAYO Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE government and the local authority are prioritising the establishment of Hwange Teachers College and Empumalanga West Housing project in Matabeleland North province. “Let every local authority look at impact projects that should be prioritised so that we include them in the provincial development plan as Hwange has done….
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has recorded a sharp increase in malnutrition cases in the past few months owing to a prolonged Covid-19-induced lockdown. This comes as at least2 000 children countrywide have been hospitalised for severe acute malnutrition in the first quarter of 2021, according to the United Nations (UN). Since last…
