© THE MDC will erect a life-size sculpture at the party’s headquarters in Harare in honour of its founding president — the late Morgan Tsvangirai — before the end of the year, the party’s secretary-general Chalton Hwende has said. [GoogleAd] Hwende said the statue of the late Tsvangirai, who died on February 14, 2018, is…
© A DEFIANT MDC says it has complied with the law and the ZRP has no right to ban their demonstration set for Thursday. [GoogleAd] The country’s biggest opposition party recently notified police of its intention to hold a demonstration this Thursday to register its disgruntlement over the deteriorating economic situation in the country as…
© RIOT police yesterday thwarted a demonstration by MDC activists who had attended a court hearing in solidarity with 10 vendors who were arrested over police helmets found in the basement of a city building last week. [GoogleAd] The activists were led by MDC Mabelreign councillor Denford Ngadziore and former student unionist Makomborero Haruzivishe, who…
© A FRESH report by a conglomeration of relief agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the government has warned that half of Zimbabwe’s population is facing starvation unless urgent measures are taken to avert the looming crisis. [GoogleAd] This comes as the government has started importing about 800 000 metric tonnes of grain mainly from Tanzania…
© AS ZIMBABWE’s political and economic crisis deepens, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has suggested that the church is taking sides in the turmoil — while also savaging opposition leader Nelson Chamisa for allegedly fuelling the national upheavals, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa’s surprising claims come as he recently swatted fervent suggestions by the church for…
© THE government has declared October 25, slated for the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) anti-sanctions solidarity march, a public holiday. [GoogleAd] This emerged during the post cabinet media briefing yesterday where Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who was standing in for Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, said October 25 had been declared a public holiday to…
© THE Pan African Parliament (PAP) has honoured the late former president Robert Mugabe by naming a lounge after him, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] PAP legislator Jaynet Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) moved a motion that was seconded by Haidara Aichata of Mali to honour Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe with…
© THE United Nations’ official endorsement of September 28 as International Day for Universal Access to Information is an opportunity the Zimbabwean government should seize to domesticate international instruments that it is signatory to in its efforts to strengthen the country’s institutions of democracy, a media watch dog has said. [GoogleAd] In its proclamation dated…
© CIVIL SERVANTS are seething with anger after the government suggested they are out of order by declaring incapacitation. [GoogleAd] This comes after Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi declared that it was unlawful for civil servants to declare incapacitation. “Legally, there is nothing called incapacitation. This does not have a legal basis. They must take legal…
© LEGISLATORS have said that the country is facing a shortage of cancer specialists in public hospitals, forcing cash-strapped patients to seek services in expensive private health institutions. [GoogleAd] In a recent report, the parliamentary thematic committee on gender and development on cancer treatment and control in Zimbabwe said there were less than 300 practising…
