HARARE – Zimbabwe’s main labour federation yesterday called for a strike this month to protest the worsening economic conditions in the country. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions’ (ZCTU) general council has discussed the impact of the country’s economic crisis on workers, marked by weakening purchasing power and price hikes. It did not disclose when the…
BULAWAYO – Founding vice chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Phineas Makhurane was yesterday declared a national hero. Makhurane, who was described by many as academic giant who strongly advocated for the teaching of sciences in the country, died last Saturday at Mater Dei Hospital after a long battle with diabetes…
HARARE – Harare City Council has held off on issuance of municipal bonds until the economic environment stabilises. According to finance committee chairperson Luckson Mukunguma, the bonds were meant to assist in helping the city finance some of its projects. Harare has been on a drive to improve its services by taking loans and grants…
HARARE – Masvingo residents have written to minister of Local Government July Moyo appealing to him to reject the city’s budget which is set to increase water tariffs by 60 percent. Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (Murra) director Anoziva Muguti said they filed their objections within the legal 30-day period from advertisement but Masvingo…
MUTARE – A top human rights lawyer has slammed the country’s anti-gay legislation as discriminatory not only against homosexuals only but also male homosexuals in particular. Passmore Nyakureba told a National Association of Freelance Journalists (NAFJ) gender training workshop in Mutare recently that the country’s sodomy laws were being used to counter homosexuals’ rights which…
MUTARE – Mutare mayor Blessing Tandi has revealed that foreign currency shortages are stalling the completion of a water pipe that could cure Dangamvura’s perennial water woes. Speaking at the commissioning of refuse compactor trucks, a staff bus, tractor and four utility vehicles at Civic Centre on Tuesday, Tandi said only a two-kilometre stretch requiring…
HARARE – Traditional chiefs have told President Emmerson Mnangagwa they want to take a leading role in solving the emotive Gukurahundi issue to overcome lingering resentment and achieve true reconciliation and justice. National Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira told Mnangagwa at a meeting of chiefs in Kadoma on Monday that the government must allow…
HARARE – Former permanent secretary in the Primary and Secondary Education ministry Sylvia Utete-Masango snubbed a farewell party held for her last week amid reports she was apoplectic with fury over her retrenchment. Utete-Masango — one of the long-serving officials who was shown the exit door on account of her advanced age — did not…
HARARE – Rural teachers are set to embark on a 275km march from Mutare to Harare in a protest to demand salaries in United States dollars and demanding higher bonus payment. In a letter to Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, Amalgamated Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) secretary-general Robson Chere said they were going to walk for…
HARARE – Nelson Chamisa, and a broad section of Zimbabweans yesterday blasted war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda over his motion ahead of the Zanu PF annual national people’s conference to have the ruling party use its super majority in Parliament to raise the minimum age for presidential aspirants from the current 40 years to 52….
