HARARE – Retailers have promised that prices will not be going up as long as government expedites the rebate system which provides tax relief to registered businesses. This comes after people besieged retail shops engaging in panic buying after retailers opened their doors to the public following three days of closure due to the crippling…
HARARE – Dozens of MDC officials and civic society leaders have gone into hiding as there is no let up by government against pro-democracy and political activists it accuses of being part of last week’s crippling strike. Despite the withering criticism of government by the international community, security forces were at the weekend accused of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe security forces have reportedly arrested over 700 people over the recent violence and looting that took place in several cities and towns with most of them being teenagers while minors were released into the custody of their parents. While government officials appeared at various press conferences calling those arrested “hooligans and thugs”,…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday visited hospitals to see victims of the violence that took place during the recent three-day stay-away, which claimed the lives of at least 12 people, according to civil society organisations. Scores of people were injured during the disturbances that took place on January 14,15 and 16, 2019. …
HARARE – Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe has condemned acts of violence, while calling for dialogue to end the political and economic dilemma in the country. In a statement, the church fellowship said while citizens have rights to register their concerns in the form of demonstrations and petitions, any unlawful conduct can never be applauded. “We…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will on Wednesday auction 200 bales of clothes, shoes and other items in Graniteside, Harare. According to a notice issued by KM Auctions (Private) Limited, the items will be sold to the highest bidder. “Duly instructed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police Lost and Found, we shall sell by…
HARARE – Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business. Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened up when he took power through a coup in November 2017. Loads of goodwill that the international community had for Mnangagwa almost two…
HARARE – Teachers’ unions have blamed the low pass rate recorded in the Geography Advanced Level results on poor resources in most schools in the wake of the advent of the new curriculum. In separate interviews, the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said the new dispensation has not…
HARARE – While 2018 saw new leadership being announced in key southern African countries, the region’s leaders have failed to live up to the expectations of their electorates. This is according to Human Rights Watch, which on Thursday launched its World Report 2019 in Johannesburg. “The new crop of leaders across southern Africa should recognise…
HARARE – A recently released annual World Report by Human Rights Watch, a United States-based organisation, said President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior officials in his administration have failed to live up to numerous promises to deliver governance reforms marking the post-Robert Mugabe era. The reports points out to the August 1 shooting of six…
