HARARE – The year 2018 was eventful for the Election Resource Centre (ERC), a vibrant think tank and election advocacy organisation, as they started it by successfully lobbying for an extension of the voter registration process after the conclusion of the initially planned four phases done by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The Daily News…
HARARE – With a clenched fist punching the air in a marquee-filled to capacity with men and women dressed in colourful Zanu PF attire, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga declared that they would be no challengers to his principal, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. One would have been forgiven to think that the country’s ruling party is going…
HARARE – When MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti was arrested on August 10 as he fled into neighbouring Zambia for announcing false presidential results, he was brought to the Harare Magistrates’ Court where he was granted bail. The State did not oppose bail despite the fact Biti was arrested on the other side of…
HARARE – The on-going trial of MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti has exposed the politicised and cavalier attitude of a prosecution service that has long been captured by elements that protect and promote the interests of the ruling party, analysts have said. The prosecution service was brought under the spotlight over the past two…
HARARE – Government has partially unfrozen teaching posts and started recruiting teachers for the 2019 financial year. The recruitment comes a week after Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and tabled their grievances where they indicated they will not be able to return to work in January if their grievances are…
HARARE – The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband. Gumbura was convicted in 2014 of four counts of rape. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Senior doctors have given government a 48-hour deadline to address the striking junior and middle level doctors’ grievances, noting that their suspension has only crippled the health delivery system which was already struggling. In a statement dated December 28, the consultants and senior registrars condemned the Health Services Board (HSB)’s suspending of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwean farmers have been reluctant to embrace crop insurance and are in the habit of seeking government funding each time there are natural disasters, an analyst has said. Tinashe Kaduwo, an economist at Econometer Global Capital said year after year local farmers have complained that there is no adequate government funding especially during…
HARARE – President of the Chief’s Council, Fortune Charumbira, risks landing himself in deep trouble for violating the law because of his open support for the ruling Zanu PF party. Ahead of the July 30, 2018 elections, the University of Zimbabwe-educated traditional leader landed himself in trouble after flaunting his Zanu PF colours in remarks…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services officer has been fined $80 for theft of groceries worth $40. Moses Muchenje, 40, from Natview Park in Mutare was convicted on his own plea of guilty by magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He was charged in terms section 113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act chapter…
