THE government said yesterday that the country was not printing money unduly and would stick to its targets aimed at stabilising the Zimbabwe dollar, to reduce prices, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been accused of printing more money to pay for gold purchases — a move…
HARARE City Council has drawn up a payment plan to offset its US$78 million debt with Chemplex company which supplies the local authority with water chemicals, an official has said. This comes after Local Government minister July Moyo wrote a letter to the Harare City Council directing it to pay the Chemplex debt without fail…
FOUR leaders of a 100-plus member gang of artisanal miners who besieged and attacked a local gold mine last year have been jailed 20 months each. The gang was armed with machetes, iron bars, catapults and stones. Munyaradzi Muswe, 30, of Hatcliffe in Harare, Tendai Tambara, 23, of Nyanga, Rodrick Mutinhima, 32, of Chitambara and…
THE European Union (EU) has bemoaned government’s lack of action and strict enforcement of the rule of law around natural resources and environmental management, making it difficult for the union to allocate financial resources in future. This came out during a seminar held in the capital last week meant to explore how key stakeholders could…
OPPOSITION legislators have accused Zanu PF MPs of making unnecessary noise in Parliament every time Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda is not the chair. Last week when Mudenda was replaced by Buhera North MP William Mutomba as the temporary Speaker, the later failed to control legislators mainly from the ruling party prompting Zengeza…
THE government yesterday said the Nelson Chamisa- led MDC must stop inciting its supporters to engage in violent demonstrations, adding the police will descend heavily on hooligans. The warning by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration follows Saturday’s running battles between the police and MDC youths after cops had raided the residence of the main opposition party’s…
PARLIAMENT has summoned the country’s educators to discuss the impact of the recent increase in fees by higher and tertiary institutions on the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal number four, the Daily News reports. In letter to the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe dated February 24, clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda…
THE State has sought the authority of the ministry of Home Affairs to travel to Twitter headquarters in Nothern Ireland and institute extra territorial investigations into MDC secretary-general Chalton Hwende’s tweet. Hwende is facing subversion charges, but has disowned a Twitter post that the prosecution is relying on to pin him to the allegations. When…
THE opposition MDC has proposed that decisions made by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the conduct of elections in the country should be reviewed by the courts. The proposal is one of the 20 contained in the Nelson Chamisa- led party’s alternative draft Electoral Bill which seeks to amend the Electoral Act. “Zec must…
HEAVILY-armed police yesterday fought running battles with MDC youths, following a raid on the Chitungwiza residence of the main opposition party’s national vice chairperson Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes a week after the combative Zengeza West MP legislator said that he was being trailed by suspected security agents, following…
