© HARARE residents have submitted objections to the sale of land adjacent to the South African Embassy along Second Street extension. [GoogleAd] According to the Harare Residents Trust (HRT), the land — which measures 3,29 hectares — was sold in order for the city to cover its salary arrears. The piece of land was allegedly…
© Government is ramping up efforts to curb malaria with a plan to boost spending on bed nets, medicines and malaria tests to contain the mosquito-borne disease. [GoogleAd] This comes as the disease has claimed 66 lives so far this year, with Manicaland Province and its city Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe seeing a hike in…
© RURAL District Councils are reviewing their levies, taxes and rentals for 2020 in accordance with prevailing inter-bank rates. Mazowe RDC told its ratepayers that the review in charges was in terms of sections 76, 96, 100 and 104 of the Rural District Council Act (Chapter 29:13). [GoogleAd] The review comes as most local authorities…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has agreed to ratify the protocol on the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, effectively agreeing to the enforcement of the judgments of the court within Zimbabwe’s domestic jurisdictions. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa, who has taken over chairmanship of the Sadc Troika, was leading by example in ratifying the protocol, Justice…
© A HARARE man has filed a lawsuit against the Harare City Council seeking compensation for losing one of his testicles during a brutal attack by municipal police officers as they were clearing vendors from the central business district. [GoogleAd] Admire Chipusire claimed in his summons that the brutal attack has compromised his fertility and…
© BULAWAYO police yesterday issued a prohibition order banning today’s MDC’s planned protests that have been set for the city.Police threatened to jail for one year those that defy the ban. [GoogleAd] Officer commanding Bulawayo central district Chief Superintendent Elizabeth Phiri issued a prohibition order citing fears of violence and destruction to property. “A prohibition…
© FOR the past 20 years, authorities have failed to properly manage and regulate Harare’s water resources, depriving the people of Harare, Chitungwiza, Epworth, Ruwa and Norton — a population of roughly 4,5 million — of their right to safe drinking water. [GoogleAd] Harare’s primary water sources come from four impoundments on the Manyame…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has to stop his divide and rule governance approaches when it comes to rewarding civil servants, political and social analysts have said. [GoogleAd] This comes after Mnangagwa last week pledged to pamper the country’s military with salary upgrades and other benefits to cushion them against the skyrocketing cost of living, while…
© Zimbabwe’s anti-graft watchdog has launched an investigation into former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko, the latest “bigwig” to be ensnared in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s crackdown on corruption. [GoogleAd] Since taking office in 2018, Mnangagwa has waged a war on graft, which he has pledged not to abate until he stops corruption that he said, in…
© THE MDC has said the elderly lady who was severely beaten by gun-wielding police officers during Friday’s anti-government protests suffered serious injuries that she had to go under the knife. [GoogleAd] The grandmother’s name has been withheld to protect her identity. She suffered multiple injuries from the brutal attack which was broadcast to the…
