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© INTERNATIONAL labour organisations are putting pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to respect workers’ rights as they have launched a global campaign against Zimbabwe government’s habit of harassing trade unionists. This comes as the police are blocking opposition supporters to demonstrate while also harassing people who are trying to air different views against Mnangagwa’s government….

© MDC vice president Tendai Biti has called upon international institutions including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) not to extend any financial bailout to Harare unless the country forms a transitional authority. This is on the backdrop of a clampdown on civil activities by Harare and also a blanket ban on planned MDC dem- onstrations…

© HIGH Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi yesterday quashed four criminal abuse of office charges against former Cabinet minister and top Zanu PF official Saviour Kasukuwere. In addition, the judge also slammed lower courts for attempting to prosecute Kasukuwere on ambiguous and frivolous allegations. Kasukuwere was facing four counts of criminal abuse of office emanating from…

© IN A surprising development, the ruling Zanu PF has suspended its Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, after he recently implored First lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s wife, Sithokozile, to help resolve the country’s worsening political and economic crisis, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as churches…

© A 54-YEAR-OLD woman has been hauled before the courts for allegedly scalding her juvenile maid with boiling water following a misunderstanding. Lucia Kuda Rugonye allegedly poured boiling water on the 17-year-old girl after she queried her decision to move the stove. Rugonye appeared before Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye charged with attempted murder. [GoogleAd] Mapiye…

© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 25 buses during the launch of the Public Service Commis- sion (PSC) Strategic Plan for the period 2019-2020. He said the buses would ease transport woes faced by civil servants. The launch comes at a time when civil servants in- cluding teachers, nurses and doctors have threatened to take…

© POLICE here have banned the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC’s Mutare demonstration which had been pencilled for today. This is the fifth such prohibition of the agitated opposition party following bans in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru and Masvingo over the past week. MDC Manicaland chairperson Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami told a quickly-convened press conference at a city hotel…

© MANICALAND Miners’ Association (MMA) is on Friday holding its general council elections four months after Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya dissolved the execu- tive and ordered fresh elections following an outcry over the manner in which its elections were conducted. [GoogleAd] The elections are being held at Odzi Country Club and are…

© ZANU PF says Western countries criticising President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government for human rights violations have a vendetta against the ruling party having imposed sanctions on the country. This was said by Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday while responding to a joint statement on Wednesday by heads of mission of the delegation of…

© THE opposition MDC has expressed concern over abductions of its members before and after the Monday banned demonstrations. This comes after two more MDC activists were on Tuesday night reportedly abducted from their Mpopoma house by suspected State security agents as the crackdown on dissenting voices by government continues. [GoogleAd] Just a few days…