The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has received a big boost after both Zimbabwe and South Africa cleared all the hurdles which had delayed the injection of US$400 million into the struggling parastatal. This comes after the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) won the tender to recapitalise NRZ in 2017, although the deal subsequently faced headwinds…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted deploying soldiers during the two ugly incidents that ruined the remarkable efforts his administration had made in re-engaging the international community. In a notice to Parliament read out by Justice and Legal Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, Mnangagwa said the country’s laws were followed when the military was dispatched to quell violent…
The majority of human rights violations against women go unreported, highlighting the country’s “deafening silence” around sexual violence amid claims victims fear being blamed, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said. The State-run rights commission said in its annual report, released on Tuesday, that during the period under review, it recorded 514 cases with 367…
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba is in another farm eviction storm — this time involving 21 villagers who allege she is encroaching into their land to expand her Penhalonga farm. [GoogleAd] They claim to have assisted her family wrestle the farm from its former white owner and even showing her the farm’s boundary with Zengeni…
A Marange woman has been jailed eight years for fatally assaulting her son after he was turned back home for not having a pen. High Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera caged Lydia Kahwema for an initial 12 years before suspending four years. [GoogleAd] It was the State’s case that Kahwema violently attacked her 13-year-old son, who…
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, demanding compensation over a Chitungwiza man who was shot dead during the January fuel price hike protests. [GoogleAd] According to a letter dated February 22, 2019, the organisation said it intends to sue the ministry over the death. The letter was also copied…
Senior doctors at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals yesterday narrated to the minister of Health Obadiah Moyo, of the horrors and deaths occurring everyday at major hospitals because of acute shortages of drugs and hospital consumables. The medical practitioners yesterday embarked on a public protest demanding government’s speedy intervention citing that the situation has forced them to…
Dozens of Zanu PF vehicles that were dished out to provinces ahead of the 2018 elections have become a bone of contention in the second largest city amid reports that those who were given the vehicles have personalised them ahead of party work, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] The President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led party acquired a…
Cyclone Idai, which has reportedly killed 10 people in Mozambique is expected to hit the country this evening. In a statement, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that the tropical cyclone which is currently moving at a speed of 5km per hour is expected to start moistening the country’s dry atmosphere beginning with the eastern highlands….
IDEAL Zimbabwe leader Tinashe Jonasi was yesterday charged with undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s authority after he reportedly insulted the leader during a television interview. [GoogleAd] Jonasi, 42, was represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights member Nontokozo Tachiona when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa and was remanded in custody to today pending a…
