© PARLIAMENT’S Public Accounts Commit- tee (PAC) has given three Finance ministry officials an ultimatum to appear before it on Friday, November 15 or face arrest for contempt after they did not show up yesterday. MDC MP for Harare East, Tendai Biti who chairs the PAC, told journalists after the officials’ no- show that the…
© APOSTOLIC sect members have commended the Bulawayo provin- cial registrar, Jane Peters, for coming up with ways of ensuring they access national documents. Last week, Peters told the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) inquiry on access to documentation that her office has roped in church members who do not believe in accessing medical [GoogleAd…
© TWO men were convicted of violating the PTC Act after they were caught red-handed burning copper cables in the wee hours of the morning. Spencer Gande and Sibongilizwe Maniko, both from Sizinda suburb, were caught by a security guard as they melted the copper cables at the latter’s home to remove insulation material. [GoogleAd]…
© Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission chairperson Elasto Mugwadi.(ZHRC) has told officials at the Registrar General’s (RG) office to change their negative attitude and adopt a human rights-based ap- proach when assisting the public as it discourages them from acquiring registration documents. [GoogleAd] This comes after numerous residents complained to the commission during an inquiry that…
© POLICE have blocked a demonstration that was intended for today by vendors against the law enforcement agents’ alleged brutal- ity following the arrest and death of Hilton Tamangani, a street vendor, while in remand prison. Vendors Initiative for Socio-Economic Transformation (Viset) had written to the ZRP notifying them of the march but police turned…
© MEMBER of the world’s leading countries, the Group of Seven (G7), should mediate a political dia- logue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, with talks focusing on the formation of an interim government, outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlay- amangwe Ndiweni has said. [GoogleAd] Ndiweni, a rabid critic of Mnangagwa and his…
© THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has said it will go after parastatal officials involved in malpractices involving public funds as revealed by Auditor General (AG) Mildred Chiri’s reports. Chiri, in her 2018 report, revealed that most government entities have not been preparing and auditing financial statements timeously, leaving room for prejudice. [GoogleAd] Over US$7,2…
© PATIENTS at the country’s rural district hospitals are starving as government says it is working to provide resources through local drought relief committees. This comes at a time when doctors in public hospitals have been on strike for almost two months, citing low wages and an acute shortage of medicines, painkillers and other hospital…
© CIVIL rights groups have released a damning report to the African Commission on Human Rights (ACHR), accusing the government of abducting its critics and using repressive laws to silence dissent- ing voices, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is still smarting from another scathing assessment of its human rights record by…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his lieutenants risk being slapped with more punitive measures by the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) unless they start implementing much-needed reforms in the country, analysts have warned. [GoogleAd] This comes as President Donald Trump’s admin- istration has just slapped sanctions on State Security minister…
