Mushowe: Idle radio stations to lose permits
More licences to be issued … Information minister, Chris Mushohwe Information minister, Chris Mushohwe, made the threat during the official launch of Zimpapers owned Diamond FM in the Manicaland...
View ArticleUnpaid Zim envoy struggles to bury wife
Foreign affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi Unpaid for several months, he struggled for money to bring his wife home for burial when she died last year – and his bosses in Harare would not help....
View ArticleKick out all Chinese nationals: Biti’s PDP
Willias Madzimure … PDP Secretary for International Relations The opposition party accused Beijing of blatantly pillaging the economically crippled country. Little of the mega-deals promised by Beijing...
View ArticleByo hotels operating at 15pct occupancy
Addressing journalists at a press conference in Bulawayo on next month’s Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo, Kaseke said there was no business to talk about in Zimbabwe’s second city. “Upon arrival...
View ArticleInflation: April prices fall 1.64 pct
On a monthly basis, the inflation rate was at -0.21 percent, after shedding 0.10 percentage points on March rate of -0.12 percent, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency said. The post Inflation:...
View ArticleGovt halves 2016 growth forecast
Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa The drought that has scorched crops in most of southern African, has left up to 4 million Zimbabweans facing hunger. Output of the staple maize is now expected at...
View ArticleCall for National Dialogue on Past Human Rights Violations a Positive Step
VP Phelekezela Mphoko In his presentation, VP Mphoko said, “Matters of the need to reconcile people and bring about national healing have remained partially addressed or not addressed for a very long...
View ArticleCitizens demand their constitutional rights
This reporter’s investigations found that the government continues to prohibit citizens from speaking freely despite the fact that the right to do so is clearly provided for in the country’s...
View ArticleMISA-Zimbabwe Quarterly Media Freedom Monitor January-April 2016
Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution imposes on the State, among other obligations, to ensure practical measures are taken to protect and promote fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights...
View ArticleMedia groups brief ACHPR chairperson on media reforms
During the meeting attended by media groups and human rights defenders, Commissioner Tlakula who is on a four- day advocacy visit in her capacity as the ACHPR’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of...
View ArticleRevised economic growth targets still imaginary
Jacob Mafume – National Spokesperson We in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) correctly argued, soon after the budget had been pronounced, that the projected growth targets are fictitious as there is...
View ArticlePresident Nyusi calls on Dhlakama to make preparations for dialogue
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi President Nyusi has consistently called for the resumption of dialogue and for a halt to the violent attacks carried out in the centre of the country by Renamo’s...
View ArticleAustralian Trade Commissioner Visits Zimbabwe
Suzanne McCourt Trade Commissioner Hanlon said ‘Australia has a long history of economic engagement in Zimbabwe, and growing trade and investment links across the region. In particular, Zimbabwe and...
View ArticleMoney wasted on the Million-man March
President Robert Mugabe So we read that the long planned million-man march is gathering momentum, and that some sections of Zanu PF youth are highly excited about the impending event meant to...
View ArticleMandiwanzira under fire over flag protest
Supa Mandiwanzira has become the focus of local internet ire after he professed to be “shocked” by what he called Pastor Evan Mawarire’s lies during a live interview earlier this week on a radio...
View ArticleDhlakama responds to Presidents’s call for team to prepare for dialogue
Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama A dialogue between the government and Renamo began in April 2013. However, after 114 sessions, the discussions were abruptly terminated by Renamo in August 2015. President...
View ArticleZESA must first publish their expenses before hiking tarrifs
The proposed hike of electricity tariff by Zesa Holdings and the recent developments within the electric utility raked up this memory, for they share similarities. Both Zesa and the dear beggar...
View ArticleUK: Man denies murder after knifing Ex
Josphat Mutekedza (left) is on trial over the death of Miriam Nyazema Josphat Mutekedza, 36, struck nurse Miriam Nyazema with a knife repeatedly and threw objects at her as she lay dying in a...
View ArticlePlatinum mines plot mass retrenchments
Striking mine workers gather outside the Anglo American Mine on October 5, 2012 in Rustenburg. South African police on October 5 recovered the body of a miner killed in clashes with striking workers at...
View ArticleNational Pledge: NGOs, churches march
Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Lazarus Dokora At the end of last month, the government, through the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Lazarus Dokora, directed all students to spend...
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