HUNDREDS of learners were yesterday sent back home after teachers failed to report for work in several schools across the country. Those…
THE State is pushing to have the trial against Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, in which she is accused of assaulting his maid, Delight Munyoro, opened. The trial had been set for yesterday, but had to be postponed to February 22 as her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa had other engagements at the High Court and the…
DISPUTED polls and a growing sense of seeing no value in elections generally is behind the worsening tepid response to voter registration exercises in the country, political analysts say. Among the analysts who fear that Zimbabweans are losing faith in polls are senior lecturer at South Africa’s Tshwane University of Technology, Ricky Mukonza; professor of…
Melisa Chatikobo HARARE City Council (HCC) is reeling from a serious shortage of midwives due to low remuneration and a deteriorating working environment at most of its clinics. This has seen the city’s health department operating well below capacity, with 400 midwives manning its maternity clinics instead of the required 1 000. HCC director for…
Sharmaine Chirimujiri and Rumbizai Ngwenya TWO children were found dead in a maize field in Nyandoro Village, Gokwe, after they were allegedly axed to death by their father ,who is still at large. In a tweet yesterday, police said they were still carrying out investigations, which may lead to the arrest of the 43-year-old suspect….
THE registrar-general has been ordered to expeditiously facilitate citizenship registration of a minor, following a successful application by his father, Paul Ian Covill, at the High Court. High Court judge, Justice Gladys Mhuri, in her order handed down on January 27, said the 13-year-old minor born in Zimbabwe should not be prejudiced of his right…
NEWLY formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was over the weekend plunged into further chaos after a group of its placard-wielding members in Bulawayo’s ward 26 demonstrated against the imposition of candidates. This comes after the party fielded double candidates in Masvingo and Bulawayo provinces for the March 26 council by-elections. However, one of the…
A COUPLE of months ago, I received a message from Tanyaradzwa, a gentleman based in Chiredzi. He had just been diagnosed with…
AUDITOR-General Mildred Chiri has recommended that the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) should be armed with legal power to enforce orders to curb wetland degradation in the country. According to a 2021 report on audits of wetlands protection done by the office of the Auditor-General and Ema, limited enforcement authority of the agency has compromised the…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume, pictured, is now back at Town House after his 45-day suspension by Local Government minister July Moyo lapsed last week, Friday. In a letter written by his lawyer Tonderai Bhatasara to Harare City Council (HCC) acting town clerk Phakamile Moyo dated February 3, Mafume started his normal duties on Friday. “We…
