© ZIMBABWE Peace Project (ZPP) has called upon the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to seriously investigate the acute water shortages faced by citizens in most urban centres after reports that some individuals are selling water and cashing in on the crisis. Limited access to clean water for drinking, personal sanitation, washing of clothes, food preparation,…
© THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it is aware that the public has lost faith in institutions such as the anti-graft body, which are meant to fight the high rate of crime and corruption in the country. The commission’s chairperson, Loice Matanda-Moyo, also told the Daily News yesterday that notwithstanding this despondency, Zacc was…
© ZIMBABWE requires open debates that tolerate divergent views for any meaningful development to take place, German Ambassador to Zimbabwe Thorsten Hutter has said. Hutter said his homeland, where the Berlin Wall was broken down 29 years ago after the unification of East and West Germany, was living example of how unity can provide a…
© DOCTORS have refused to resume duties today despite the government’s orders for them to report for work or face disciplinary action. A defiant Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), whose members declared incapacitation 35 days ago, said the 60 percent allowance offered by the government has already been eroded by inflation before being factored into…
© ELEVEN people died while many others were injured yesterday when a Mandeep bus coming from Musina collided head-on with a Govasburg bus along the Gweru-Kwekwe highway. The accident, which took place at about 4am, claimed the lives of 10 people on the spot including the drivers of both buses while one person later died…
© AS THE prices of basic good continues to zoom beyond the means of the majority,any lingering hopes as recently expressed by under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube that the country’s deepening economic crisis wil soon let up are dead in the water, the Daily News reports. This comes as an agitated Zimbabwe Congress of Trade…
© DISGRUNTLED Zimbabwean teachers, who joined the rest of the international teaching community in marking World Teacher’s Day on yesterday, have accused the government of turning its back on the profession by failing to remunerate them adequately. [GoogleAd] World Teachers’ Day has been commemorated annually on October 5 since 1994 to celebrate the adoption of…
© A HARARE woman has demanded that Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, pictured, pays her $505 000 for child support after her husband was allegedly killed by soldiers during the August protests last year. [GoogleAd] Suspicious Ziyambi wants an order declaring the killing of the late Ishmael Kumire by soldiers unlawful in addition to a payment…
© DOCTORS warned yesterday that dozens of newborn babies at the country’s poorly-resourced hospitals were at risk of being delivered with deformities due to their on-going industrial action, the Daily News On Sunday reports. [GoogleAd] The warning comes as the government has so far failed to end the month-long strike by the physicians, who are…
© DEBATE is raging regarding how much more long-suffering Zimbabweans can take of the double whammy of skyrocketing prices of basic goods and escalating shortages of essentials such as water, medicines, fuel and electricity — as the country’s economic rot continues to worsen, the Daily News on Sunday reports. [GoogleAd] This comes as an increasingly…
