HARARE – Parliament has embarked on an audit into the usage of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) accessed by Member of Parliament to develop their respective constituencies. Acting Speaker of the National Assembly Reuben Marumahoko said no new applications for fresh disbursements would be considered until the exercise has been completed before the end of…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is mulling introducing closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) at all traffic light-controlled road intersections to curb vandalism. Council spokesperson Michael Chideme said the installation of the CCTVs would be in response to the destruction of most traffic lights across the city, which is leading to an increase in road…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s colonial-era public health laws must be revised to guarantee the human rights, and the dignity and equality of everyone, including adolescent girls who bear the brunt of existing discrimination, Amnesty International said, ahead of the parliamentary debate on the Public Health Act Amendment Bill. The organisation warned that Article 35 of the…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisor Chris Mutsvangwa is fighting attempts to unseat him as leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA by opponents emboldened by ructions within the ruling Zanu PF party. Mutsvangwa, who is battling to regain his Norton seat in a primary poll re-run after being hammered by Langton…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe must be on tenterhooks after lawyers representing South African model Gabriella Engels presented their arguments in the Pretoria High Court yesterday seeking the lifting of a diplomatic immunity granted to the wife of ex-president, Robert Mugabe. The first in a series of steps to have Grace face assault…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not delivering change in the country after the years of Robert Mugabe, a Zimbabwean opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has said. He told HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur: “He has refused to be the face of the new order. In fact, he has chosen to be the new face of the old…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe must be on tenterhooks after lawyers representing South African model Gabriella Engels presented their arguments in the Pretoria High Court yesterday seeking the lifting of a diplomatic immunity granted to the wife of ex-president, Robert Mugabe. See today’s paper for full details. [Adz]
HARARE – There are unmistakable signs that results of the forthcoming general elections could be contested once again after Zanu PF’s rivals raised alarm over the ruling party’s refusal to allow key aspects of the electoral process to be done openly to remove rigging fears, the Daily News can report. [Adz] This follows Zanu PF’s…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s civil society is vigorously opposing the candidature of Zimbabwe’s president of the Chiefs Council, Fortune Charumbira, for the presidency of the Pan African Parliament (PAP). This comes after Charumbira won the Sadc Pan African Parliament (PAP) caucus vote. He is now officially the nominee for the election of the next president of…
MUTARE – Like the stealth invader that it is, a mysterious invasive plant that first appeared in Chimanimani at the turn of the millennium is taking over the Eastern Highlands. Taking over thousands of hectares, the plant, which is now ubiquitous from Chipinge right through Chimanimani, Burma Valley, Vumba up to Nyanga, is now creeping…
