RESTIVE members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have told the labour body’s leadership to organise a mass stay-away to force the government to address the current economic crisis. This emerged during a recent consultative meeting held in Harare, one of many by the labour body to chart the way forward in the…
THE City of Bulawayo has recorded an increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) and TB-related deaths at its clinics. According to the latest council minutes, in January this year the local authority initiated 191 patients on tuberculosis treatment up from 128 patients in December last year. During the same month, 22 people died of…
ZIMBABWE today (March 8) celebrates International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. International Women’s Day has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million…
THE prices of basic goods and services are set to skyrocket anew, after the local currency plunged against the United States dollar on the black market yesterday, the Daily News reports. This comes as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the country will this year face more economic pain, and also experience a…
MORE than 300 people have been tested for the coronavirus, while another 18, who were in contact with the only diagnosed South African, have been quarantined, SA Health minister Zweli Mkhize said yesterday. He was speaking at the Cowan House Preparatory School in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, where government officials and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases…
MDC legislator for Harare West Johanna Mamombe’s further remand refusal bid was dismissed yesterday after a court ruled that there is no excessive delay in prosecuting her treason case. Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa said Mamombe faced a complex charge which required more time on investigations. Mamombe is accused of attempting to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s…
SUSPENDED NetOne Cellular (Private) Limited (NetOne) chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje has approached the High Court seeking to be reinstated back at work, arguing that the board which decided his fate was improperly constituted. In the application, Muchenje cited Susan Mutangadura, Winston Makamure, Ranganai Mavhunga, Paradzai Chakona, Douglas Mamvura and NetOne, as respondents. The court…
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has extended the United States of America(USA)’s sanctions against Zimbabwe after accusing Harare of accelerating its human rights violations and failing to implement needed political reforms, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe’s re-engagement efforts with Western powers appear to be floundering, following growing criticism of Harare’s alleged failure to break…
GRAIN millers are in the habit of hoarding government’s subsidised maize meal to sell on the black market, a development that has led to serious shortages of the product, Parliament heard yesterday. This was said by minister of Industry Sekai Nzenza in the Senate while responding to a question by MDC Senator for Bulawayo Gideon…
INDEPENDENT power producers (IPPS), who are courting foreign investors, have told Parliament the financiers are demanding power purchasing agreements (PPA)s which stipulate that payment be denominated in US$, but payable in local currency so that shareholders are not shortchanged on their dividends. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Energy and Power Development to give…
