ZANU PF factional wars are intensifying despite a recent stern warning by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ambitious bigwigs who stand accused of inflaming divisions in the former liberation movement. So hot have the ruling party’s ructions become, that the infighting in Mnangagwa’s own home province of Midlands is increasingly said to be getting out of…
TEACHERS have expressed concern over the government’s decision to go ahead with Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala) for this year’s examinations despite the Covid-19-induced inadequate preparations. This comes as the government has given schools up to November 30 to submit to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) the full set of the Cala marks. It…
A CHINHOYI magistrate yesterday upheld a recent ruling by Chief Zvimba to have the remains of the late former president Robert Mugabe, exhumed and reburied at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. The ruling sets up a potentially bruising fight in the coming months between the State and the Mugabe family — which has previously said…
AUTHORITIES yesterday said at least 81 learners and 21 teachers had contracted the lethal coronavirus upon the reopening of face-to-face learning across the country. However, they said those infected had not contracted the virulent respiratory disease at their schools — meaning they were already ill when they reported for lessons. “From the statistics …we have…
CONGREGANTS who have not yet received their Covid-19 jabs are now allowed to physically attend church services following a High Court ruling which upheld a Harare man, Obert Kondongwe’s application challenging a government directive demanding only fully vaccinated people to go to places of worship. In the interim ruling handed down yesterday, the High Court…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to avail resources to the Air Force of Zimbabwe before paying tribute to the officers for their resilience in defending the country’s air space and sovereignty. Speaking at the Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base in Gweru, where 18 students graduated, Mnangagwa said the government will avail resources to ensure that…
PARLIAMENT has slammed the police over the “poor handling” of cases of sexual harassment in workplaces, colleges and churches. According to a joint report tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday by the portfolio committees on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and Women Affairs following a petition from Emthonjeni Women’s Forum on sexual harassment…
THE MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa — which is on the verge of losing control of the MDC Alliance to opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora’s group — is ramping up its efforts to form a new coalition with other opposition parties ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 elections. On Wednesday, Chamisa met in Harare with the…
THE trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo accused of paying a US$10 000 bribe to former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje to win a Gwanda solar project has been deferred to next Thursday. This was after his lawyer Lewis Uriri could not attend the hearing as he was engaged in another matter. Chivayo, who…
Shamaine Chirimujiri WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni, says gender-based violence (GBV) has become a national crisis with women bearing the brunt of the scourge especially during the Covid-19-induced national lockdowns. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Nyoni said GBV had now become a widespread problem, adding that her ministry was also trying to reach…
