© THE Livestock, Meat and Advisory Council (LMAC) says cattle slaughters declined 13 percent to 57 674 in the first quarter due to uncertainty and the current volatile prices. The advisory council noted that the average slaughters per month for the first quarter of 2019 was 19 225 head and the February slaughter figure of…
IMPUNITY has led to the denial of justice for ordinary people who are failing to hold State security agents and government accountable for human rights violations, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has said. In a report titled “Zimbabwe Restoring Legacy …What about Impunity for State-sponsored violence…?”, the forum cited human rights violations dating back…
ZIMBABWE’s security forces have been hit with several lawsuits involving torture of civilians perpetrated during this year’s January protests. A series of summons by various individuals have been made against Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zimbabwe National Army over physical and psychological injuries suffered as a result of the brutal attacks. [GoogleAd] In one of the…
© JUDICIAL Services Commission (JSC) has been applauded for closing the gender gap by being one of Zimbabwe’s first government institutions to employ more women than men. While women make up over 51 percent of the southern African country’s population, most public appointments, elective bodies, government institutions and bodies that were made between 2018 and…
SEVEN human rights defenders who stand accused of plotting to topple government after attending a workshop in the Maldives yesterday rubbished a State report on the complaints they raised against the police. George Makoni, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Gamuchirai Mukura, Nyasha Mpahlo, Farirayi Gumbonzvanda, Sithabile Dewa and Beauty Rita Nyampinga are facing subversion charges after allegedly receiving…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has made surprising appointments into his party’s national executive after roping in former police assistant commissioner Emmanuel Chimwanda as Defence secretary, among other surprise inclusions. This comes as highly placed sources told the Daily News that Chamisa was also weighing his options to appoint either the late MDC founding president Morgan…
© MORE and more public service workers nationwide have gone on strike over complaints that inflation has wiped out their salaries, in what their unions said was one of the biggest civil service stoppage in years. The worsening industrial action underlined the problems that the tattered country faces in controlling galloping inflation, which the International…
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans risk missing out on watching the Warriors in action tonight against Egypt when the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals kick off. Power utility Zesa Holdings recently rolled out phase two of the countrywide load-shedding programme due to the high demand of power associated with winter periods. [GoogleAd] The situation has…
THE United States has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to bring to book the country’s security for alleged acts of violence they committed against ordinary citizens in August last year and in January this year. At least six people died in August last year after the army opened fire during post-poll protests, prompting Mnangagwa to establish…
THE Association of Zimbabwean Travel Agents will on September 7 host the AZTA Awards 2019 for the travel and tourism sector at Manna Resorts in Harare’s Glen Lorne suburb. In 1992 AZTA, which has been in existence for more than 50 years, introduced an awards event aimed at recognising and encouraging excellence in the Zimbabwean…
