© AS DECEMBER is Human Rights month, this year issues pertaining to the human rights situation in the country will be addressed through diverse arts activities at the inaugural Zimbabwe Human Rights Festival (ZHRF) currently running at Theatre pa Bridge, Highfield in Harare until December 13. [GoogleAd] ZHRF is an artistic, entertaining and empowering initiative…
© SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa, pictured, says talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leaderNelson Chamisa will benefit Zimbabwe greatly and also end the local crisis which has seen millions of desperate citizens flocking into his country over the past two decades, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This comes as calls for the much-needed…
© THE government has set up new regulations which will guide the buying and selling of gemstones in the country. Under Statutory Instrument (SI) 256 of 2019, which was gazetted on Friday by the Mines ministry, licensed gemstones subagents will be allowed to buy the precious stones from small-scale miners and export through the Minerals…
© ACTIVE Youth Zimbabwe (AYZ), Fastep and Green Crescent, organisations involved in anti-drug abuse, have teamed up to fight the scourge which is wreaking havoc among the youths in a campaign which will run from today to 14 December and from December 16 to 20. [GoogleAd] The campaign, which is the first of its kind…
© NORTON independent legislator, Temba Mliswa, pictured, has approached the High Court seeking to evict members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) who have reportedly invaded Karoi Country Club. Mliswa, who is also the club’s chairperson together with the club are the applicants while the ZNLWVA, Joseph Serima Manjengwe, Alick Chingodza, Life…
© A suspected armed robber who was part of a gang, which pretended to be Zimbabwe Revenue Authority officials before robbing people, is now on the run. Tofarasei Farai Mufembi, also known as Chikara who is facing armed robbery charges —was issued with a warrant of arrest by Harare regional magistrate Gloria Takundwa following futile…
© INCARCERATED Independent End Time Message Church founder Robert Martin Gumbura, who stands accused of masterminding a foiled jail break from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in 2015, yesterday applied for the case to be head in the Constitutional Court (Con-Court). [GoogleAd] Gumbura is jointly charged with Blessing Chiduke, Luckmore Matambanadzo, Lucky Mhungu, Taurai Dodzo, Thomas…
© THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) has introduced an e-reporting platform for patients to record side effects of different drugs in a bid to help the organisation track the performance of the medicines. Mcaz projects and public relations officer Shingai Gwatidzo said they came up with both online and offline reporting systems for…
© THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is too under-resourced to be able to wage any meaningful war against the corruption scourge ravaging the country, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has said. In a report presented to Parliament recently, the committee said the funding advanced to Zacc by Treasury was far…
© PEOPLE living with disabilities have urged government to remodel its law prohibiting sexually abused women with mental illnesses to testify in court as most of them are subjected to rape while their abusers walk free. This comes as the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) that was running under the theme “Orange…
