The recent fuel riots have left the justice delivery system in Bulawayo creaking under a deluge of cases which have forced the government to dispatch additional magistrates and prosecutors to the City of Kings in a bid to relieve pressure on the courts there. [GoogleAd] So serious is the issue that the government has even been…
In a rare piece of good news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and his under pressure administration, he has been given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), whose Parliament had proposed tough sanctions against him and many of his key lieutenants. [GoogleAd] Sources close to the EU told the Daily News yesterday that…
HARARE – Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has recorded an increase in media violations carried out by the military as compared to the past years when the police were behind most of abuses of media practitioners. [GoogleAd] According to the media watchdog, while the police have abridged the past gruesome persecution of journalists, improving relations,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has finally broken its silence after pressure continued to mount from all ends for the human rights body to act upon the gross human rights violations, including rape of women and abuse of children by State security agents. In a statement, ZGC said it had been following the nationwide…
HARARE – Lands and Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement ministry has established a 99-year lease Help Desk. In a statement Lands and Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri said the help desk will facilitate processing of applications and issuance of 99-year leases to farmers who qualify. [GoogleAd] “The help desk will also…
HARARE – United States of America medical company, Hologic Inc has launched new HIV diagnosis tools in Zimbabwe which makes it quicker and easier for laboratories to diagnose and monitor HIV infections in the country. In a statement Hologic Inc said the new tool known as Aptima HIV-1 Quant will have two functions that will…
HARARE – Southern African civic society and social movements have taken aim at Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chair Hage Geingob accusing him of “lying” to the whole world about the present Zimbabwean socio-economic and political situation. Southern African People’s Solidarity Network (SAPSN), a civic group said they were “greatly disturbed and perturbed” by the Namibian…
HARARE – Despite introducing a heavy penalty aimed at deterring would-be offenders, government is losing the war on illegal money changers in Harare as they are now fully back on the streets operating openly. [GoogleAd] Towards the end of last year, the government crafted a law prescribing a 10-year custodial sentence for illegal foreign currency traders….
HARARE – While the urban renewal and adoption of streets took off last year with several companies promising to spruce up the city centre, very little can be seen on the ground. Harare City Council mayor Herbert Gomba introduced the urban renewal project as a way of improving the Central Business District’s outlook. [GoogleAd] Gomba said…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has bemoaned the downside that Zimbabweans have nowhere to run to and hold authorities accountable. This comes after the continuous cycle of impunity of human rights violations owing to the absence of an Independent Complaints Mechanism (IMC) to bring authorities to book. [GoogleAd] An IMC opens up the…
