© The widow of slain activist Kelvin Tinashe Choto has filed a lawsuit against the Home Affairs minister and police boss for the murder of her husband during unrest linked to food and fuel shortages in January. Varaidzo Chiyanike, who is being represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, filed the suit at the…
© Tendai Munyanduri’s opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) has launched a “formula” for Zimbabwe’s recovery, saying scientific leadership was a precondition for ending the decades-old economic meltdown and breaking the dominance of the ruling Zanu PF. [GoogleAd] Munyanduri, who dismally lost last year’s presidential election, has launched a National Development Plan (NDP) blueprint dubbed NEPROIP,…
© The High Court has been asked to intervene in a nasty inheritance row between the two wives of the late Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku. [GoogleAd] Chidyausiku died in May 2017, hardly three months after stepping down as the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe and head of the judiciary. He died aged…
VETERAN playwright and former permanent secretary in the Education ministry Stephen Chifunyise has died. Chifunyise, who at one time taught in the Theatre Arts Department of the University of Zimbabwe, was also an arts, culture and education consultant. A veteran choreographer, Chifunyise — who was involved in cultural policy formulation in the region and beyond…
© Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) has reacted with indignation to the sharp rise in tollgate charges saying it will fuel fare hikes. [GoogleAd] Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced in his mid-term fiscal policy review last Thursday that tollgate fees for light motor vehicles would increase from $2 to $10 — which translates to $60…
© GOVERNMENT has resolved to exempt water and sewage treatment plants from load-shedding amid rising concerns on the effects of energy blackouts on the water sector. Electricity is needed for water pumps and the mechanical treatment of wastewater. Local Government minister July Moyo told the National Assembly last week that the issue of load-shedding was…
© THE appointment of Industry and Commerce minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu as acting Tourism minister is unconstitutional, legal experts have said. [GoogleAd] This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Ndlovu to facilitate the smooth running of the ministry while substantive minister Prisca Mupfumira — who is facing seven criminal abuse of office charges after she allegedly…
© FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo has urged Zimbabweans to put politics aside in order to build the nation amid the economic challenges that the country is facing at the moment. A year after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected into office, the country has been experiencing a plethora of challenges including price increases, fuel shortages,…
© A local leading research consultancy, Topline Research Solutions (TRS) is launching a Graduate Employment Guidance Initiative to assist and skill the millions of unemployed but employable graduates in our country. [GoogleAd] TRS said the reasons graduates tend to be unemployed or underemployed is deficiencies in professional CVs design skills or personal selling, poor job…
© MDC bigwigs will tomorrow meet to “plot the signposts to legitimacy” as the country’s biggest opposition seeks to protest against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration next week. There has been mounting pressure on the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC to talk to the Mnangagwa regime or protest in the streets against the “unpopular” regime which they accuse…
