© FOOD insecurity is one of the major underly- ing causes fuelling the rise in gender-based violence (GBV) across the country, the Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has revealed. This comes as United Nations Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, recently indicated that 60 percent of the country’s population was…
© THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe(Gmaz) and the government have reached an agreement that will see the retail price of maize-meal drop to $50 per 10kg. Gmaz national chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara told journalists in Harare yesterday that the grain industry and government have been in negotiations over the price of the staple product. [GoogleAd]…
© AN EX-POLICE officer who named commissioner-general Godwin Matanga and several other senior officials for allegedly abusing State funds to service their personal cars now faces fraud charges. Vusimuzi Ncube was arrested immediately after testifying during the trial of ex-police boss, Robert Tendero Masukusa, who is facing similar fraud charges before Harare magistrate Rum- bidzayi…
© MDC legislators whose sitting allowances were withdrawn after walking out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a joint parliamentary sitting have contested the decision in the High Court. The MDC, its MP for Dangamvura Chikanga constituency Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami and 111 others, have sued Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the…
© THERE was drama in Parlia- ment yesterday as opposition MDC MPs clashed with their Zanu PF counterparts over the chairmanship of the portfolio committee on Energy and Power Development. Trouble erupted when Zanu PF MP for Bikita West constituency, Elias Musakwa, took over the chairperson’s position despite the fact that the committee of standing…
© BONA Mugabe-Chikore was yesterday appointed ex- ecutor of the late President Robert Mugabe’s estate, giving her sole authority to distribute his wealth and pay off any outstanding debts. Mugabe died in Singapore last September due to an unknown ailment after controversially ruling the country for close to four decades. [GoogleAd] Bona was in the…
© A FORMER Cabinet minister says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF missed a great opportunity to unite Zimbabwe when they did not reach out to the MDC when the country’s late former leader Robert Mugabe was ousted in a military coup in November 2017, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This comes as there is…
© A PARLIAMENTARY committee has raised grave concerns about the deteriorating environment in which the country’s military and police are having to operate because of funding shortages, the Daily News reports. So bad has the situation become that it is now said to be threatening peace and security in the country as demoralised soldiers and…
© EX-JAH Prayzah dancer and vocalist Pamela “Gonyeti” Zulu, who is on the recovery path in South Africa after she broke her arm, has resumed live performances in the neighbouring country. Tonight, Gonyeti is sharing the stage with popular dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda at Linda’s Tavern in Thembisa. [GoogleAd] Gonyeti told the Daily News that…
© TWO Harare residents, who were evicted from Arlington Farm in 2016 before their homes were demolished, have approached the High Court demanding over $1 million in compen- sation from the government. In two separate applications, Samson Chiwakata and Marlon Chiwakata are demanding US$58 661,63 and US$37 596,72, respectively as well as $500 000 each…
