HARARE – Zimbabwe’s oldest institute of higher learning, the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), which is hogging the limelight for the wrong reasons, particularly the manner in which former first lady Grace Mugabe was awarded her PhD degree, has dropped in its rankings. According to uniRank, formerly known as International Colleges and Universities, which is a…
HARARE – Civil society organisations have called upon government to ratify and domesticate the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) ahead of the 2018 elections. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Charter on March 21, on the side-lines of the extra-ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) held in Kigali, Rwanda….
HARARE – Harare and Parirenyatwa hospitals have stopped taking in new patients due to the on-going doctor’s strike. In a March 29 letter to the hospitals’ clinical directors, consultants (senior doctors) representative committee said they could not “manage and serve new patients”. [GoogleAd] “The consultants have met today (29 March 2018) and have noted that…
HARARE – Marondera municipality has issued an enforcement order warning illegal occupants of its land to demolish their structures and vacate before the local authority moves in next month. According to the order by the local authority’s town clerk Josiah Musuwo, the land that has been illegally occupied is Lendyview Park. The enforcement order covers…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) plans to install 50 000 prepaid water meters in areas that receive uninterrupted water supply. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said all modalities for the installation had been finalised. [GoogleAd] “All the necessary approvals are now available and implementation modalities are being…
HARARE – Eleven independent candidates aspiring to be councillors — including popular fierce critic of ousted former president Robert Mugabe, Evan Mawarire — yesterday launched a joint campaign themed People’s Own Voice (Povo). The grouping’s spokesperson, Mawarire, said it was time citizens concerned about Harare’s well-being took charge. Povo’s launch comes amid emergence of independent…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest business lobby group, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), is pressing government to clear 40 of its members who were “wrongly” listed as money externalisers by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The body has scheduled a meeting with central bank governor, John Mangudya, during this Easter holiday. This comes as the Confederation’s sister…
HARARE – There was a break-in at former first lady Grace Mugabe’s orphanage in Mazowe recently where valuables, including laptops, were stolen under suspicious circumstances. The Daily News on Sunday can report that Grace now fears for the life of more than 100 orphans at her top-notch orphanage after the burglars got away with 31…
HARARE – Almost double last year’s death toll has been recorded on Zimbabwe’s roads over the Easter weekend so far — and almost all of them over human error. Last year’s figure of seven compares with 21 people killed this year, and a further 105 seriously injured as compared to 43 last year. There were…
HARARE – A former inmate released from prison through presidential amnesty on March 25 has been hauled before the courts on theft charges. Evans Chikwanda, 26, was remanded in custody to April by Harare magistate Tilda Mazhande. He is facing two counts of unlawful entry. According to State papers, on March 16, Chikwanda allegedly unlawfully…
