© HEART patients and guardians of those suffering with the diseases have established the ZimHeart Trust, a voluntary organisation created with the intent of improving the welfare of cardiovascular patients. The organisation held its maiden “Get Together” on June 1 this month at the Rotary Centre in Harare at a function attended by over 50…
© THE defence trial in which Norton council and a local church are accused of causing the death of a builder has kicked off with all accused parties pleading not guilty. The municipality, represented by Bester Maramba and the church, Christ Citadel International represented by Lindani Ndaba are jointly charged with an engineer, Israel Isheunesu…
© GOVERNMENT is facing an uphill task as it seeks to deal with unscrupulous business people who are sabotaging the economy as some of them are strongly linked with the ruling party, political analysts have said. This comes as there is a crass war over resources, involving top Zanu PF officials and powerful businesspeople with…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has proclaimed the Lupane East Constituency by-election 30 days late in yet another constitutional gaffe by the head of State. Last Friday, Mnangagwa proclaimed August 3 as the day for the by-election. The poll is meant to fill the seat which fell vacant after the death of Zanu PF member of…
© FORMER deputy Finance minister Terence Mukupe has attacked Finance minister Mthuli Ncube over the poor salaries that are being paid to civil servants at a time when prices of basic commodities have shot through the roof. Ncube claims the treasury is having surplus funds being collected through a controversial tax regime which requires people…
© ZANU PF bigwigs eying the Harare provincial chair are canvassing support for their proxies to occupy strategic positions at district level in elections scheduled for this weekend. The district elections are part of a restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo metropolitan provinces under Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi, respectively. [GoogleAd] The exercise was…
CENTRE for Applied Non-Violent Action and Strategies (Canvas), a Serbia-based human rights organisation has distanced itself from allegations of enacting plans to unleash civil unrest in Zimbabwe. The international network which has been accused of training pro-democracy activists, who are in custody, — to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — at a workshop in the…
© BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni and Nhimbe Trust executive director Josh Nyapimbi are set to leave for China for the Unesco International Conference on Culture set for June 10 -12 in the Meishan. On March 5, 2015, the City of Bulawayo, represented by the Town Clerk and Nhimbe Trust signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
CHURCHES and civic society organisations in Zimbabwe have called on Sadc and the African Union (AU) to urgently intervene and help set up political dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his political foes in an apparent effort to arrest the country’s continuously debilitating socio-economic and political situation. [GoogleAd] This comes as prices of basic commodities…
© BRAINWORKS have appointed Peter Saungweme as the Zimbabwean chief executive officer (CEO). Saungweme who was appointed on June 5, has taken over from Brett Childs, who has reportedly completed the key aspects of the company’s restructuring. “Following the completion of the restructuring, which has largely been driven by Brett and management over two-and-a-half years,…
