Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL More than 100 local human rights activists are this month set to stand trial on various charges, but all related to their participation in anti-government protests that shook the country last year, as citizens demonstrated against the deteriorating political and socio-economic conditions. In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe […]
Typhoid outbreak: Parirenyatwa fumes
Source: Phyllis Mbanje, NewsDay Original article URL HEALTH minister David Parirenyatwa yesterday accused Harare City Council authorities of sleeping on duty, as typhoid continues to spread in the capital, where it has claimed two lives since last week. Parirenyatwa said the outbreak was being spawned by erratic water supplies, poor refuse collection and slow attendance […]
Anti-urban tollgates chorus get louder
Source: Kenneth Nyangani, NewsDay Original article URL MUTARE residents have joined others from other cities and towns in condemning government’s proposal to introduce urban tollgates to raise funds for roads rehabilitation. The proposal was announced by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere recently, when local authorities complained over paltry allocations they received from the Zimbabwe National […]
Tsvangirai berates anti-coalition lieutenants
Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has cracked the whip on lieutenants who have reportedly been using social media to “undermine” the party’s position regarding a proposed coalition with other democratic forces. Tsvangirai late last year announced his party would begin talks for a coalition, but threw in stringent conditions […]
NRZ evicts workers’ families
Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL THE long-running salary wrangle between the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) and its disgruntled workers took a nasty turn last Friday as the parastatal evicted five families from its Rugare staff quarters in Harare, claiming the houses were reserved for other personnel. The affected workers and their families […]
Harare residents reject urban tollgates
Source: Xolisani Ncube, NewsDay Original article URL HARARE residents have rejected plans by Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere to set up urban tollgates, describing the move as a desperate ploy by the Zanu PF regime to “squeeze motorists of their hard-earned cash”. Through an umbrella body Residents Forum (Ref), ratepayers said government should first account […]
Forgetful MP told to put house in order as Parly crafts bond notes law
Source: NewsDay Original article URL DEBATE on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill to legalise the use of bond notes as a currency was deferred yesterday after it emerged that the chairman of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Finance, David Chapfika, had forgotten to prepare a Second Reading Stage report on the public hearings […]
Stop impounding vehicles: Court
Source: Desmond Chingarande, NewsDay Original article URL High Court judge Justice Clement Phiri has ruled as illegal for traffic police officers to impound defective vehicles at roadblocks over owners’ failure to pay spot fines. In a landmark ruling that is set to bring cheers among motorists this festive season, the interim order, delivered last Friday, […]
Parly committee raises red flag on corruption
Source: Veneranda Langa, NewsDay Original article URL A REPORT by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee led by Mufakose MP Paurina Mpariwa (MDC-T) has revealed high levels of corruption at various government departments, particularly the Industry and Commerce ministry where its books were reportedly in shambles. The report on the Auditor-General (AG)’s report of 2014 and […]
‘2018 Zimbabwe General Election set to record intensive violence’
Source: Gibbs Dube, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL The Zimbabwe Exiles Forum claims that the 2018 general election will be gripped by violence as suspected state security agents allegedly continue brutalizing people who oppose 92 year-old President Robert Mugabe’s rule. The organization’s director, Gabriel Shumba, told reporters in Johannesburg that their assessment of the current […]
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