HARARE – About 250 Civic Society Organisations (CSO) advocating for access to education under the Every Child in School(ECIS) campaign have called upon government to take stringent measures on schools which are sending learners away due to non-payment of fees. This comes after hundreds of pupils from across the country were earlier this week turned…
HARARE – The country’s imports are under threat with a possibility of creating shortages, after one of the world’s biggest shipping companies Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A (Zimbabwe) (Private) Limited (MSC) has written to authorities of its intention to stop the release of containers destined for the country in a bid to force it to pay…
BULAWAYO – The National Reclamation Assembly (NRA), an affiliate organisation of the MDC Alliance, has also piled pressure on the main political actors in the country to immediately consider dialogue to save the country, which is on the verge of imploding. The call by NRA comes after, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) early this…
HARARE – The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has invited interested consultancy companies to carry out a detailed study on the establishment of a motor vehicle accident fund. In a statement, TSCZ said the objective of the expression of interest is to pre-qualify consultants capable of delivering on the project. The traffic council added…
HARARE – UKAid yesterday donated 3 000 bicycles to disadvantaged girls from the country’s 29 districts to help those who live far away from school. The aid’s Department for International Development (DFID) donated the bicycles through Campaign for Female Education (Camfed International), to 165 schools. In a statement, the aid said the bicycles will go…
HARARE – The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to urgently deal with the current economic crisis that has threatened to bring a total government shutdown. This comes as the government is failing to contain a growing economic meltdown, which has resulted in exorbitant prices, foreign currency and fuel shortages. The…
HARARE – The Health and Child Care ministry has issued a public apology for the loss of lives and suffering during the just-ended doctors’ strike. In a statement published in the press, the ministry expressed appreciation for the citizens’ endurance during the crisis. “The ministry of Health and Child Care would like to notify the…
HARARE – The State has set February 11 as the trial date for former Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi. Mahachi is facing charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly corruptly contracted a “Ukrainian” company to undertake the $80 million Airport Road rehabilitation project. The State also set February 11 as the trial date…
HARARE – MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has been arraigned in court on allegations of negligent driving after he bumped into another motor vehicle. Mwonzora appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramabao facing three counts of failing to insure and license a motor vehicle and negligent driving. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded…
HARARE – Thirteen individuals, including a reverend at Zaoga Forward in Faith Mission, were arraigned before the courts yesterday for allegedly pelting a police car with stones. Blessing Mwale, Sakina Masaraure, Thulani Mpofu, Raymond Maratu, Tawanda Murerekwa, Benedict Gova, Liberty Mutasa, Tafadzwa Chanetsa, Gilbert Chinyora, Shelton Moyo, Trymore Folani, Mathew Time and Wellington Tshuma appeared…
