MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, yesterday said his party will continue pursuing dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to find solutions to the country’s battery of challenges. Addressing people at the launch of his party’s March 26 parliamentary and council by-elections campaign in Highfield, Harare, Mwonzora said history has shown that dialogue is the only way forward….
ANDILE TSHUMA POLITICAL parties have urged citizens to take advantage of the ongoing voter registration exercise to get the opportunity to take part in the country’s electoral process. Various political parties are currently busy mobilising Bulawayo residents to register to vote, as the city risks losing a number of seats during the delimitation exercise by…
SHURUGWI residents are up in arms with the municipality over poor service delivery and alleged mismanagement of funds. In a petition to the council, which was copied to the Midlands Provincial minister of State for Devolution, Larry Mavima and other leaders, the residents mainly complained about poor roads and lack of water in the town….
THE Harare City Council has reopened three of the nine clinics that it closed in 2020 following an exodus of nurses, an official has said. The council, which requires 1 000 nurses to efficiently run its clinics, cited the loss of half the number to local and international organisations as the reason for closing some…
THE secretary-general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Chalton Hwende, says the current voter registration apathy and challenges related to people acquiring national identity documents are a major concern for the country’s opposition. Speaking during an online discussion on Thursday, Hwende said as a result CCC was currently concentrating on voter registration and would…
PROMINENT self-proclaimed prophet, Tapiwa Freddy, pictured, was yesterday acquitted by the courts on charges of raping a radio presenter. Magistrate Gloria Takundwa ruled that his accuser Rutendo Makuti’s submissions were riddled with inconsistencies, and that her conduct created doubt — leading to her setting free the preacher. Yesterday’s ruling came after Freddy had applied for…
INFORMATION Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere, pictured, has said the introduction of technology within the judiciary system will address a number of challenges, chief among them, the disappearance of court papers. Addressing the last group of superior court judges graduating in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) e-skills training in Harare yesterday, the minister said the…
RURAL teachers have taken the government to court challenging Thursday’s decision to suspend striking educators, saying the move was unconstitutional and therefore,…
THE High Court granted Metbank an order to be paid $8 million by a defaulting borrower, Sobriety Investments (Private) Limited, yesterday. The local company that is into import buying was awarded a trade based working capital worth US$1,4 million by Metbank in June 2018 which their directors, Itai Nyabonda and Linda Tsungai Chivandire, signed for…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE government has flexed its muscles by suspending all striking teachers with immediate effect, as authorities bid to end the current job action by some educators. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Primary and Secondary Education minister, Evelyn Ndlovu, said those placed on suspensions would not be paid. “The ministry would like…
