THE government said yesterday that the country was not printing money unduly and would stick to its targets aimed at stabilising the Zimbabwe dollar, to reduce prices, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been accused of printing more money to pay for gold purchases — a move…
THE government yesterday said the Nelson Chamisa- led MDC must stop inciting its supporters to engage in violent demonstrations, adding the police will descend heavily on hooligans. The warning by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration follows Saturday’s running battles between the police and MDC youths after cops had raided the residence of the main opposition party’s…
PARLIAMENT has summoned the country’s educators to discuss the impact of the recent increase in fees by higher and tertiary institutions on the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal number four, the Daily News reports. In letter to the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe dated February 24, clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda…
THE State has sought the authority of the ministry of Home Affairs to travel to Twitter headquarters in Nothern Ireland and institute extra territorial investigations into MDC secretary-general Chalton Hwende’s tweet. Hwende is facing subversion charges, but has disowned a Twitter post that the prosecution is relying on to pin him to the allegations. When…
THE opposition MDC has proposed that decisions made by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the conduct of elections in the country should be reviewed by the courts. The proposal is one of the 20 contained in the Nelson Chamisa- led party’s alternative draft Electoral Bill which seeks to amend the Electoral Act. “Zec must…
HEAVILY-armed police yesterday fought running battles with MDC youths, following a raid on the Chitungwiza residence of the main opposition party’s national vice chairperson Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes a week after the combative Zengeza West MP legislator said that he was being trailed by suspected security agents, following…
CIVIL society leaders and churches in Matabeleland have rejected plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to take leading roles in the exhumation and reburial of victims of the 1980s killings, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as Mnangagwa is set to convene a meeting with Matabeleland chiefs, to co-ordinate and fast…
ACTING chairperson of Parliament’s Women Affairs portfolio committee Miriam Chikukwa has disputed Higher and Tertiary Education ministry’s assertion that only three cases of sexual harassment of female students in tertiary institutions had been reported in the past year. Presenting oral evidence before the Women Affairs portfolio committee, Thomas Pamire from the Higher and Tertiary Education,…
FOR nearly two years, Zimbabwe has been experiencing fuel challenges characterised by intermittent supply in a two-pronged problem caused by foreign currency shortages and the country’s failure to produce. While authorities claim that there are enough stocks of fuel in the country, it is only accessible from fuel traders after the government through the Reserve…
ZIMBABWE is facing the threat of the lethal coronavirus anew, after a woman who was earlier detained in a Harare hospital — but was later released after testing negative to the virus — was re-admitted yesterday after her health deteriorated, the Daily News reports. This comes as the deadly virus — which has killed nearly…
