© FORMER president Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, who has reportedly taken over at least 16 of Zimbabwe’s most valuable white-owned farms since 2002, must lose at least 15 of those properties, the ruling Zanu PF youth league has said. [GoogleAd] This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa told a radio station last Friday that the former…
© INDEPENDENT MP Temba Mliswa has said the country is not going anywhere in the absence of an inclusive government initiative involving experts, adding people should now move beyond partisan lines. [GoogleAd] Mliswa’s comments come at a time when the country is struggling to make ends meet owing to a number of challenges, including forex…
© THERE was further bad news for long-suffering ordinary people yesterday as government announced that official inflation was nearing 100 percent — the highest in 10 years since the country ditched its worthless dollar. [GoogleAd] This means that prices of basic consumer goods and other items will further shoot up at a time salaries and wages…
AT least 30 African countries will take part in the inaugural African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) Wildlife Economy Summit to be held in Victoria Falls from June 23 to 25. Heads of State and Cabinet ministers will be among 500 delegates from across the world that will descend on the resort town of…
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and the Justice for Children Trust (JCT) have called upon government to increase momentum for the realisation of Cyclone Idai child victims’ whose fundamental rights have been compromised, as the world celebrates the Day of the African child. [GoogleAd] In a statement, Justice for children Trust said children who…
FARMERS around Nyazura have been forced to hold night vigils at their kraals as cattle rustlers wreak havoc in the area. More than 15 cattle have been stolen since February in a section along Chitenderano road off the Dorowa-Nyazura highway. Tonderai Nyambiya who lost two cattle in February said while the first cases were reported…
HARARE City Council (HCC) will close down churches, hotels, universities, restaurants and all institutions which are operating illegally. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said the illegal operations are mostly being conducted in residential areas while the institutions just pay residential rates. [GoogleAd] The closures come as council is regularising and streamlining its operations for improved service…
RESIDENTS in Harare and Bulawayo are incensed over Zesa Holding’s load shedding which has gone into overdrive with households going for 17 hours without power. Our reporters Simba Rushwaya and Brighton Goko interviewed people on the streets to hear their views. In Bulawayo, Jeffrey Muvundusi reports that City of Kings experienced one of its worst…
HARARE City Council (HCC) is engaging Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to assist in driving out land scammers and barons who are damaging water infrastructure through illegal developments. The collaboration comes as many private developers are allegedly duping people into buying land in foreign currency under the pretext that it has all the requisite municipal documents….
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Mpofu was involved in an accident while coming from Mashonaland Central where he had gone to attend a church service. The party’s spokesperson, Jacob Mafume confirmed the accident but said he was still to get full details on what happened. “I haven’t been able to get hold of him…
