ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has requested city fathers to beam live Bulawayo’s full council meetings in a similar way it covers parliamentary sessions. [GoogleAd] In a letter addressed to the town clerk Christopher Dube, dated February 27, as indicated in the latest council report, the national broadcaster requested a partnership with the local authority, in…
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matematanda, pictured, was yesterday grilled in court by a suspected con artist who is accused of duping him and other prominent people of various amounts of money. Tinashe Munhuweyi of Mufakose allegedly masqueraded as former Bulawayo High Court judge Mafios Cheda and requested the money, claiming that two of his trucks…
WOMEN rights groups and activists have lodged a petition with Parliament demanding gender equity in government institutions which are currently mostly male-dominated. [GoogleAd] Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe, a network of women’s rights organisations and activists said despite women constituting the majority, they continue to be a minority in terms of representation in access to resources,…
FORMER Mines and Mining Development permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has approached the High Court seeking to be reinstated as a post retirement professor at University of Zimbabwe (UZ) arguing authorities at the institution unlawfully withdrew his contract. Gudyanga cited the Registrar, Vice Chancellor and the University of Zimbabwe in the application. [GoogleAd] He seeks to…
UNITED Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) says while over the years the country’s health system has been devastated by a prolonged economic and social crisis, it is the Health Development Fund that has enabled the country to improve access to health facilities since its introduction in 2015. [GoogleAd] As the world recently commemorated World…
MDC Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe, pictured, has notified the State that she will apply for further remand refusal if the courts does not provide her with a trial date on the next court date. Mamombe is charged with treason after she held a press conference where she allegedly invited members of her constituency to…
MATABELELAND North provincial education director (Ped) Jabulani Mpofu said the Education ministry has shelved the compulsory order for schools in the area to hold vacation lessons for Grade 5 to 7 and for Form Five classes this coming school holiday. [GoogleAd] This comes after the Ped had given a directive to heads of schools in…
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has received an early boost ahead of what could turn out to be a bruising contest when the MDC congress gets underway next month after bagging two nominations from two provinces so far. While many have predicted a tussle of Titanic proportions between Chamisa, his deputy Elias Mudzuri and secretary general…
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) says it has started to implement recommendations by the former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe-led Commission of Inquiry citing that police officers will be going under re-training stemming from their 2019 rebranding strategy. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga says his force is working towards re-branding itself to restore…
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has petitioned MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa over “rampant corruption” at the opposition-run Norton Town Council (NTC) after Zimplats Holdings Limited (Zimplats) was frustrated from setting up a Share Ownership Trust chicken abattoir due to “exorbitant rates”. [GoogleAd] He said upon further inquiry, it was made known to him “that…
