HARARE – Veterans of the country’s liberation struggle last Saturday met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and demanded that he fires Zanu PF’s secretary for administration Obert Mpofu who they allege faces a litany of corruption charges. War veterans’ chairpersons drawn from the country’s 10 provinces petitioned Mnangagwa in this regard, demanding the removal of Mpofu…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest trade union federation has dismissed a warning from Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema that those planning anti-government demonstrations risked dire consequences. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), an ally of Nelson Chamisa’s MDC, said it was disturbed by comments attributed to Mathema that any future anti-government demonstrations would be crushed….
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has outrightly denied that soldiers are responsible for the killing of six civilians on August 1, implying that there could be a second hand responsible for the shootings. Testifying before the Kgalema Montlanthe-led commission, both Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Valerio Sibanda and Brigadier General Anselem Sanyatwe…
HARARE – People living with disabilities have said they are being let down by underfunding and are calling for a boost in funds allocated to them in the 2019 National Budget. A Deaf Zimbabwe Trust official said President Emmerson Mnangagwa specifically mentioned that the lives of persons with disabilities are a priority and will improve…
HARARE – Mount Pleasant MDC Member of Parliament Samuel Banda was yesterday arraigned in court over allegations of presenting a false residential address to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). Banda allegedly provided the false address during the National Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise in December last year. Using the alleged false address, Banda contested for…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has come under heavy fire after signalling his intention to acquire vehicles for the country’s lawmakers as well as paying the thirteenth cheque for government’s 550 000 strong civil service. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Eighteen years later, the testament of the land reform still haunts the nation, as it – land reform – continues to negatively affect the economy. The decades of instability, that followed after the land reform, have eroded the soil that once fed millions in the former breadbasket of Africa. Land reform, which saw…
HARARE – The Commonwealth has refused to endorse the July 30 elections saying they failed to meet international standards. The final report was released by the Commonwealth Observer Group to Zimbabwe which was chaired by former Ghana president John Dramani Mahama. In the report, Mahama expressed concern over two major issues which he said unfairly…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned officials eyeing his position against working with Zanu PF to grab power from him saying he is firmly in charge of the country’s largest opposition party and would not tolerate dissent. Chamisa rose to the MDC presidency following the party’s founding president, Morgan Tsvangirai’s death in February…
HARARE – The United Nations is the most suitable organ to bring the controversial Gukurahundi issue to finality as domestic instruments are not fit to address the issue, a United Kingdom conference recently heard. Former MDC legislator and ex-minister of State in the Organ of National Healing in the Government of National Unity, Moses Mzila…
