© RETAILERS are lobbying manufacturers to accept all modes of payment for commodities they supply amid allegations that some are demanding only hard currency up front. This emerged in a meeting between official retailers and downtown Harare tuckshop traders. Manufacturers were reportedly opting to supply downtown tuck shops only which they are easily compelling to…
© MEDIA practitioners have reaffirmed their pledge to increase coverage of the global sustainable development goals in partnership with the United Nations (UN), emphasising mostly on climate change, good governance, human rights and gender equality issues. The UN convened 45 representatives from the ministry of Information; United Nations Communications Group; embassy of Sweden including 24…
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, yesterday made a fresh call for talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, warning that time was running out to address the country’s worsening economic rot. This comes as Zimbabwe is in the middle of a huge economic crisis which has seen official inflation nearing 100 percent, amid worsening power cuts and…
OCCUPY Africa Unity Square movement founding member Dirk Frey has blamed Tajamuka/Sesijikile’s Promise Mkwananzi over the failed July 1, 2019 shutdown. In an unsparing statement Frey labelled Mkwananzi a sell-out, mole, an incompetent and unimaginative cadre and an opportunist. “If we are to be effective, we need to not only find each other and work…
MDC deputy national chairperson Job “Wiwa” Sikhala’s lawyer yesterday accused police of torturing and almost killing him during his surprise transportation on Tuesday from Harare to Masvingo — where he is being tried for attempting to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration. Following the shocking claims by Sikhala’s lead counsel and prominent human rights lawyer, Alec…
© HARARE City Council has migrated from the BIQ billing system to SAGE Evolution system following months of being offline. According to public relations manager Michael Chideme, the migration was effected on Monday following thorough testing of the new system. The migration to SAGE comes after Quill associates, vendors of the BIQ system switched off…
© ZIMBABWE is among the 14 countries yet to ratify the African Union (AU) protocol instituting the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Court). This was revealed at a recent human rights training in Addis Abba, Ethiopia. The Court is a continental judicial body, resident in Tanzania, established by African countries to ensure…
© ZIMBABWE will need US$34 billion to restore its infrastructure to proper working condition, the Africa Development Bank (ADB) 2019 Infrastructure Flagship Report has revealed. Prepared by the bank group on behalf of the government, the report was presented yesterday at the Meikles Hotel in Harare by AfDB lead economist George Auma Kararach at a…
© FLOUR supply to the baking industry from wheat millers has started to improve and now set at 500 metric tonnes per day of flour. Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara said this is equivalent to 1 million loaves against a national daily demand of 1,4 million loaves. “We are, therefore, calling…
THE battle for the control of the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) took a new twist when a faction of the MDC councillors yesterday claimed to have suspended Town Clerk Christopher Dube over the city’s water crisis. This followed reports that Dube has been frustrating moves by the faction to usurp the power of the local…
