© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged doctors to stop using strikes as a form of protest but find a peaceful resolution to disputes through talks, emphasising he wanted to improve ties with the medical profession. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa was speaking yesterday at NatPharm after handing over 85 percent of the medical equipment requested by doctors when…
© IN MORE depressing news for long-suffering Zimbabweans — many of whom were beginning to hope that the mad prices of basic goods in the country would soon start to go down — government announced yesterday that official inflation had now reached an alarming 175,66 percent. [GoogleAd] Economic experts immediately expressed concern that this would…
© Harare City Council’s consultative process in the 2020 budget formulation leaves much to be desired, especially at a time the country is in the throes of a worsening financial crisis, residents contend. [GoogleAd] Harare Residents Trust director Precious Shumba, pictured, said meetings that were supposed to have been conducted with women, the disabled and…
© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he is very worried about the health and welfare of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, who has not been seen in public since mid last month, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as the former commander of the defence forces and chief architect of the military putsch…
© THE government must respect the rights of people who are arrested or accused, European Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has said. Olkkonen last week met ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade permanent secretary James Manzou and stressed the need to respect human rights. “… On Zimbabwe, we stressed constitutional and civic rights…
© CHINA , which has been described as Zimbabwe’s all-weather friend, has continued to strengthen its ties with the southern African country by supporting students and working professionals from different sectors in Zimbabwe through offering educational exchange programmes and seminars aimed at developing and nurturing skills among the youth in the country. [GoogleAd] Recently, 10…
ZANU PF has won both the council by-elections that were held in Bikita East and Nyanga South constituencies on Saturday. Thomas Mataga of the ruling Zanu PF won by 1 112, beating the MDC Alliance Bikita District chairperson Moses Maphosa, who polled 410 votes, while Zanu PF candidate Bizel Mapeta (397 votes) beat Vincent Bopoto…
© THE City of Harare has justified its Z$829,8 million supplementary budget saying the adjustments are an attempt to align to the new economic order. The municipality approved the supplementary budget on Thursday as a measure to cushion against inflationary pressures, which diminished its revenue and capital budgets. [GoogleAd] “The current supplementary budget should not…
© THE Masvingo High Court is today expected to determine MDC deputy chairperson Job “Wiwa” Sikhala’s bail application, following his arrest on charges of seeking to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration. Sikhala, who was arrested last week, approached the High Court after Masvingo provincial magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa remanded him in custody to July 24. [GoogleAd]…
© FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo said the protesters who attacked him in London were exercising their constitutional right but they failed to respect the rights of other people. This comes after Moyo, was last week attacked by angry opposition protesters in London — where he had gone to advance the government’s stuttering re-engagement…
