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Zimbabwe activists threaten to protest without notifying the police
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition Director, Peter Mutasa, has said in future activists will go in the streets for anti-government protests without notifying the police.This follows consecutive bann...Published: 12 hrs ago | 482 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's broke govt rules out US dollar salaries
GOVERNMENT has cast doubt over the possibility of paying civil servants in US dollars as inflation continues to ravage salaries amid growing tensions and fears of unrest, The NewsHawks can report....Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told walk the talk
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "walk the talk" on improving the welfare of civil servants.Mnangagwa made a pledge to improve c...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda demands return of Zipra properties
Zanu-PF Bulawayo province chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has demanded that government returns all Zipra-owned properties to Zapu war veterans.Speaking on Friday during the official opening of th...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:50hrs | 3078 | by Staff reporter
2 500 hit-and-run accidents recorded in Zimbabwe
The numbers of motorists who hit pedestrians or other vehicles on the roads and speed off without rendering assistance is now on the increase with the police recording about 2 500 hit-and-run accident...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:44hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Equipment woes force Bulawayo road rehab scale down
A COMBINATION of breakdowns and shortages of plant and machinery has forced the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to scale down on capital projects including the ongoing road rehabilitation works.A ...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:52hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally says Zimbabwe heading for another disputed election
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party is now in the final stages of drafting a pre-election position on reforms which must be implemented before next year's general election....Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:34hrs | 3308 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors want parking system contract revised
Bulawayo councillors on Wednesday hit out at the "unfair" parking system which was imposed on the city's residents, with one warning fellow councillors that they were underestimating the depth of publ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:32hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
BCC offers domestic debtors 50% discount
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is now offering a 50% discount to domestic debtors and 30% to industrial debtors paying their bills in foreign currency.Councils began indexing rates in foreign cur...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC remembers August 1 shooting victims
ON this day four years ago, security forces fired on Harare residents in the central business district (CBD) following post-election protests after delays by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:08hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, civil servants meet over salaries
PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima has invited more than 40 public service unions to a meeting to discuss salaries and conditions of service today.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube is out of touch with reality'
MARONDERA Urban Business Forum chairperson Emmanuel Danha: "While the supplementary budget was expected and normal in a hyperinflationary economy such as ours, we note with concern the absence of fres...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:52hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
3 top cops reassigned
THREE police commissioners have been transferred in a move that is meant to improve service delivery and performance.Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, who was at the Police General Headquarters, i...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Chamisa bishop must be arrested, demands Mtetwa
Swaziland born human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtewa has ratcheted pressure on the State to take action against a Zanu-PF member who threatened Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa w...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa demands arrest of Zanu-PF leader
RIGHTS lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, has written to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), demanding the arrest of Zanu-PF member, Abton ‘Bhito' Mashayanyika, who recently called for the murder of Citizens ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:44hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants declare 2-day strike
PUBLIC service workers yesterday said they would strike tomorrow and on Thursday to press for United States dollar-denominated salaries.Their representatives yesterday told NewsDay that there ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 5134 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC fires 'warning shots'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was on cloud nine yesterday after thumping the ruling Zanu-PF party in weekend council by-elections, prompting it to declare that this was a harbinger fo...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:46hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
CCC cries Zanu-PF rigging despite weekend by-election victories
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has reiterated its demands for electoral reforms after two council by-elections won by the opposition weekend exposed massive vote buying and voter intimidation all...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 15:41hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says call for structures a non-issue
THE opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) is set to contest the 2023 elections without permanent structures despite shrill clamours by some critics, with party leader Nelson Chamisa saying s...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 3894 | by Staff reporter
Slain Moreblessing Ali's family goes into hiding
THE family of slain Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali have been hounded out of their Chitungwiza house by Zanu-PF activists while suspected state security agents are perio...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami saga: 'Mnangagwa must resign, or bring back Mohadi!'
SOCIAL media users have demanded President Emmerson Mnangagwa to either resign from office or bring back his tainted deputy Kembo Mohadi, who quit his job after a dramatic expose' of his sexual shenan...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:06hrs | 9179 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants cops barred from collecting poll data
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) wants police officers stopped from accessing any information relating to the progress of the country's elections, in a raft of demands placed by the main opposition...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 15:35hrs | 3470 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa'ss CCC dismisses POLAD's poll reform declaration
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has poured scorn on the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)'s electoral reform declaration saying it lacked critical issues that were key to the holding of credible p...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 15:33hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
'Don't abandon US$ demands'
INCARCERATED teachers' union leader Obert Masaraure yesterday urged fellow educators not to "sell-out" in the push for United States dollar salaries ahead of their crunch meeting with government next ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:30hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | 442 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimra garnishes Chinese contractor
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has garnished for the fourth time in six months, bank accounts of a Chinese contractor, China International Water and Electric Corporation (CIWE), developing Lak...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:42hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Dubai firm agrees to invest US$100m in Zimbabwe's drugs deal
The drive to attract fresh investment continued yesterday, with Zimbabwe now set to become a hub of pharmaceutical manufacturing for national and regional consumption following the signing of a joint ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' strike inevitable
UNIONS representing teachers have said a strike action was inevitable because their July salaries reflecting a 100% adjustment have long been eroded by inflation currently at 191%."Teachers re...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's problem is Zanu-PF's intimidation and kleptocracy, not the country's youth
THERE is a certain blindness in understanding the nature of Zimbabwean politics and elections if the problem is mostly attributed to an apathetic youth. A more analytical view includes other consequen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 242 | by Tony Reeler
Construction workers mull strike
CONSTRUCTION workers have given a 72-hour notice to down tools if their salary demands are not met.In a memorandum, Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trade Workers Union general-secretary Mucha...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:11hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Mnanaggwa haunted by 2017 coup skeletons
NEW information emerging from Zanu-PF corridors indicates that the current factional fights in the ruling party are emanating from a 2017 power-sharing deal gone sour, NewsDay has gathered.Pre...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:27hrs | 2918 | by Staff reporter
US$ salary demands grow louder in Zimbabwe
DEMANDS for United States dollar (US$) salaries have increased across all sectors of the economy as a number of employees struggle to buy basic commodities now being charged in the greenback.M...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:26hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
'Pomona deal millions can build a new city'
DESPITE threats from Local Government and Public Workers minister July Moyo for Harare to pay a US$1 million debt to Geogenix BV, a Netherlands-based company, under the controversial US$400 million Po...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:35hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe total shutdown looms
Zimbabwe's public service sector faces total shutdown this week over a salary deadlock as government maintains it cannot afford to meet their pay demands.Civil servants are demanding to be pai...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police persecutes Chamisa's CCC, shields Zanu-PF rogue elements
POLICE are once again on the spotlight over allegations of selective application of the law where they stand accused of moving at lightning speed to arrest and lock up opposition members suspected of ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Phillip Valerio's son demands lobola refund from wife
One of Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander Phillip Valerio's son is allegedly demanding a refund of his lobola money after leaving his wife.Sources close to the Sibanda and Masango familie...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:08hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
'Civil unrest inevitable in Zimbabwe'
THE Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (Comaliso) research group has said civil unrest cannot be ruled out because of the deepening economic crisis in Zimbabwe.In a report, Comaliso di...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:31hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe load shedding to worsen
ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission Company (ZETDC) has warned the public of an increase in load shedding nationwide due to the high demands of power.In a statement, the ZETDC said the high dema...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 19:01hrs | 7637 | by Staff reporter
Mahere demands US$100,000 in damages over married man affair allegations
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzai Mahere has demanded US$100,000 in damages over allegations she had an affair with a married man which she denied.The allegati...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 08:52hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi threatens suit against Zimbabwean lawyer
SOUTH Africa's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has demanded an apology, R200 000 and the deletion of all tweets posted by Advocate Simba Chitando in which he claims to have been defamed....Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 4192 | by Staff reporter
South Africa becoming another Zimbabwe, unions plan national shutdown
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is planning a national shutdown to protest the rising costs of living in the country and the ongoing energy crisis.SAFTU is the country's s...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:42hrs | 8103 | by Staff reporter
Govt gets fortnight ultimatum
Government has been given a fortnight ultimatum by the workers' unions over a cost of living adjustment. In a notice of industrial action addressed to the Minister of Labour, Public Service and Social...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 09:57hrs | 1804 | by George Swarei
Sanctions on Zimbabwe: A form of economic invasion
In the context of domestic politics and international relations, national economic security refers to a country's capacity to implement its preferred policies to build the national economy in the mann...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 252 | by Dr Norbert Hosho
CCC condemns police conduct over Zipra march
OPPOSITION Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) has condemned the police for temporarily blocking a Zipra War Veterans Association (ZWVA) march to the Joshua Nkomo statue on Saturday.The march, ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:01hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe gets more women in its ranks
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is committed to empowering women in line with the country's efforts to uphold gender equity and equality within the workplace, AFZ Commander Air Marshal Elson Moyo has ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:56hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC creates fake President Jonathan Moyo poster
EXILED former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has exposed the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa of creating a "fake" poster to "impact public opinion."...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 17:58hrs | 10661 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya defends new currency measures
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says recent official exchange rate adjustments will help in mopping excess liquidity in the market and stabilise the currency and inflation....Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ailing govt splurges millions on ministers
GOVERNMENT will soon splurge millions of United States (US) dollars to buy luxury homes for Cabinet ministers and their deputies at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:45hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
Zipra demands public holiday for Joshua Nkomo
THE Zipra War Veterans Association wants government to declare July 1 a public holiday to commemorate the death of the late former Vice-President and liberation struggle icon Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo....Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Bosso adapt to Brito's style
HIGHLANDERS want to build on their perfect start to the second-half of the season by ending a 29-match winless streak out of Bulawayo when they take on Ngezi Platinum Stars on Sunday.Portugues...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
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