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Magistrate’s court fenced off

Source: Nkosana Dlamini, Harare News Authorities in the Ministry of Justice have fenced off the area outside the Harare Magistrates’ court building ostensibly to prepare the area for planned construction of another adjacent court premises. The palisade perimeter fencing was installed last month and covers the expanse between the following roads: Robert Mugabe, Rotten Row, […]

Bond notes won’t benefit ordinary Zimbabweans: Civic organisations

Source: Munesu Nyakudya, NewsDay Original article URL CIVIC organisations have said the introduction of the proposed bond notes to alleviate the cash shortages will only worsen the economic situation in the country, rather than add value to the economy. The civic organisations met in Harare on Monday to deliberate on government’s proposal to introduce the […]

Unemployed soccer playing graduates need exorcism: Zhuwao

Source: Stephen Chadenga, NewsDay Original article URL YOUTH and Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao has mocked graduates, who played soccer on the streets in protest at President Robert Mugabe’s failure to create jobs saying they are possessed by demons that need to be exorcised. Zhuwao’s remarks follow pictures that circulated on social media in July of […]

CSOs form alliance for reforms

Source: Nqobani Ndlovu, NewsDay Original article URL FIFTY-THREE civic society organisations (CSOs) have agreed to launch a joint effort to lobby various stakeholders locally and internationally on the need to implement broad legislative, administrative and political reforms that guarantee free and fair elections. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), in a communiqué released on Monday […]

Tajamuka demands swipe machines at tollgates

Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL SOCIAL movement Tajamuka/Sesijikile has demanded that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) facilitates the installation of point-of-sale (POS) machines at tollgates dotted along the country’s highways, as the cash shortages persist. In a letter to RBZ governor, John Mangudya this week, Tajamuka/Sesijikile, who met the central bank boss […]

Police bar Nera rally after ZEC meeting stalemate

Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Opposition leaders under the National Election Reform Agenda or NERA are expected to meet next week following police refusal for the grouping to take to the streets in a demonstration demanding electoral reforms that had been planned for Tuesday. NERA organizing committee chairperson, Joelson Mugari told Studio Seven that […]

Zim court sets free Zvishavane residents arrested after police suppressed opposition political party rally

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights A ZIMBABWEAN court on Monday 07 November 2016 set free seven Zvishavane residents who were arrested on Sunday 06 November 2016 after faulting Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers for illegally arresting and detaining them. The seven unemployed Zvishavane residents namely Lameck Sateko, Tobias Moyo, Clifford Mudzingwa, Trynos Shava, Tendai […]

Nust graduate convicted for disturbing Mugabe

Source: Silas Nkala, NewsDay Original article URL A NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) graduate who shouted calling for President Robert Mugabe to provide jobs to the graduates during a graduation ceremony on Friday was yesterday convicted of criminal nuisance on his own plea by a Bulawayo magistrate. Advance Musoki (23), who was graduating […]

BCC water shedding goes up to 72 hours

Source: Khanyile Mlotshwa, NewsDay Original article URL THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced a 72-hour water shedding regime and promised more “drastic measures to continue to conserve the little amount available in the dams.” Senior public relations officer for the country’s second largest city that has perennially battled water shortages, Nesisa Mpofu said the […]