© FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru risks losing property worth US$76 000 at her company, Ruzirun Investments (Pvt) Ltd, following a dispute over a debt emanating from the purchase of agriculture equipment. [GoogleAd] Mujuru and Ruzirun Investments have filed an urgent chamber application in the High Court citing Peppy Motors (Pvt) Ltd trading as Agritech,…
© South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has requested a fact-finding mission to identify the cause of the recent xenophobic violence in the country. [GoogleAd] Ramaphosa told a joint sitting of Parliament this week that he has spoken to former President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete and former President of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano, asking them…
© MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday called for a Youth Empowerment and Development Act that will guarantee the inclusion of youths in economic empowerment and development. [GoogleAd] This emerged during the Youth, Sports Arts and Recreation ministry’s 2020 pre-budget consultative meeting presentation to the portfolio committee on youth, sports arts and recreation in Harare yesterday. The…
© PARLIAMENT’S Mines and Energy committee has criticised the government over its reluctance to withdraw copper licences granted to about 10 undisclosed companies who are allegedly selling the metal even though they don’t mine it. [GoogleAd] The Joel Gabuza Gabuza-led committee said the failure to withdraw the licences and the absence of tighter regulations was…
© MDC chief whip Prosper Mutseyami plans to request Parliament to set up a special committee to engage the Executive over recurring abductions of government critics and activists. [GoogleAd] Since January, more than 50 people have been abducted by suspected State security agents in a bid to dissuade them from anti-government protests. One of the…
© President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday capped 3 972 students at the University of Zimbabwe, with the institution saying it has revamped its curriculum to contribute to economic development. [GoogleAd] Out of the 3 927 graduates, 23 were doctor of philosophy, 12 were master of philosophy, 760 were masters’ degree and 3 132 were bachelors’ degree…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday left for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the United States, where the main opposition party, the MDC, has lined up protests against worsening human rights abuses and his style of governance. [GoogleAd] The protests set for today are coming on the backdrop of the abduction of…
© ZAKA East by-election will be held today Saturday (September 21, 2019) following the death of a Zanu PF Member of Parliament, Caston Ringisai Gumbwanda on 25 June 2019. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) says the political situation in Zaka East has so far been reported to be free and conducive for political campaigns,…
© We are crying. Zimbabwe’s situation is painful. We are failing to pay school fees, let alone getting the money we are working for. For $150 you get $100. [GoogleAd] WILSON DICK METHIAS NESHANDU ROBERT MUTSEGU AYDEN MAKAMU Children are sleeping hungry. The situation is forcing children to steal because we can’t afford to look…
© THE acting president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), Peter Magombeyi, says contrary to attempts by the government to downplay his disappearance, he had been tortured when he was abducted. [GoogleAd] Magombeyi’s claims come as there is growing global concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe — which has seen at…
