© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Dubai attending the Global Business on Africa (GBF) 2019. Mnangagwa left Harare yesterday for the two-day forum which kicks off today in Madinat Jumeira. The forum encourages international revenue inflows into Africa by engaging leading decision makers on the world investment scene. [GoogleAd] The forum will involve prominent African…
© THE registrar-general(RG)’s office says it will hike up its fees in a bid to marshal enough foreign currency needed to produce sufficient passports for Zimbabweans, the Daily News reports. This comes as the RG’s office is saddled with a mammoth 386 000 passport backlog, which has raised consternation among long-suffering Zimbabweans. [GoogleAd] Speaking at…
© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has dis- closed that he recently met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “emissary”, to explore the scope for formal talks between the two men, the Daily News can reveal exclusively. This comes as Zimbabweans across the political divide are agitating for urgent dialogue between the two leaders the country’s foremost political…
AN INDIGENOUS property development company, Equity Properties, has counter-sued controversial businessman Jayesh Shah’s AL Shams Global BVI firm in the High Court to release a title deed of an up-market residential land in the capital it claims was il- legally obtained. [GoogleAd] The counter claim was in response to AL Shams’ applica- tion to the…
© DOCTORS Without Borders (MSF) has complained that the drought and the prevailing economic situation is worsening the plight of diabetic patients as they can only afford less than two meals per day, putting them at risk of developing hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycaemia is when blood sugar decreases to below normal levels resulting in a variety of…
© INTERNATIONAL Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has dismissed Zimbabwe’s report on human rights to African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR). In a commentary addressed to ACPHR, ITUC, which represents 207 million workers in 163 countries and has 331 national affiliates, said the Zimbabwean government did not con- sult civil society groups before filing…
© NATIONAL Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has implored the executive to consult the attorney-general’s office and other legal experts on whether or not to con- tinue disbursing devolution funds to local authorities in the absence of enabling legislation. Ruling on a debate that ensued after a question posed to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi by Zanu…
© JUDGMENT has been reserved in former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s appeal to have his prosecution stayed on the grounds that he was charged following an abduction and persecution by supposed military agents. Chombo’s appeal was heard before Supreme Court judges Ben Hlatshwayo, Chinembiri Bhunu and Tendai Uchena. [GoogleAd] The former minister cited the National…
© BULAWAYO High Court judge Francis Bere has ordered the Home Affairs minister and the police to pay a transgender woman and activist Ricky Eugene Nathanson $400 000 as compensation following her unlawful arrest for using a ladies’ toilet at a city hotel in 2014. Nathanson was arrested and charged with criminal nuisance after being…
© A SOCIAL and economic justice organisation has challenged the government to ensure that the $500 million allocated for youth empow- erment is not confused for donations to youth in political party structures leading to high rate of non-perform- ing loans. Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) said the setting aside of $500 million…
