November 28, 2024
The Bulawayo-based Mpilo, built in 1957, is relying on donations and recently appealed to the community and stakeholders for donations to support its operations.Alongside the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) and Ingutsheni Hospital, Mpilo is one of the three referral hospitals catering for Matabeleland North and South, Midlands and…
Pressure is also mounting for the President to comply with a High Court judgement to proclaim election dates by March 31.Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations have started pushing for elections in September, despite earlier statements by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai that elections would be held in July.Former…
With the referendum just over a week away, officials from the three parties were yesterday throwing brickbats at each other after Ncube’s MDC pulled out of the campaign while PM Tsvangirai’s planned campaign in Harare’s Highfield suburb was blocked by riot police who said it had not been…
Closing debate on a report on SMM which the Committee presented to the House of Assembly, Chindori-Chininga noted that lawmakers were hesitant to debate the SMM issue and suggested that there was an element of fear in that regard.“The Committee wishes to express its concern over the lack…
The constitutional referendum is expected to be held next Saturday.Speaking to The Financial Gazette this week, MDC-T national organising secretary and Minister of Information Communication Technology in the inclusive government, Nelson Chamisa, said his party had decided to postpone the vetting of primary election candidates and, effectively, the…
There has been a groundswell of discontent within civil society and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations in the past week due to mounting politically-motivated violence and police blitzkrieg on non-governmental organisations (NGOs).The international community, which is keenly following the country’s progression towards polls is not amused…
The chairperson of the cabinet taskforce, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Arthur Mutambara told lawmakers last week that they have since constituted a District Ethanol Implementation Committee (DEPIC) to address villagers’ concerns that include poisoning of their water sources.The committee consists of a lawmaker, councillors, the area’s headman, chiefs,…
The COPAC outreach programme began on Monday countrywide amid low turnout at most designated centres.COPAC’s first two meetings in the second largest city could not take off as a result of poor attendance.On Tuesday, a number of COPAC meetings were cancelled due to poor patronage.The situation was the…
With so-called “aliens” guaranteed to vote if the new constitution is adopted, there were expectations that those abroad would flock back home for the referendum on March 16 and general elections later this year to cast their ballot. But analysts this week postulated that despite the large pool…
Zhou slammed company grabbers when he revoked the take-over of Lorely Estate in Msasa, Harare by one Gideon Hwemende who claimed he had been authorised to expropriate the property by the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (NIEEB).He had relied on a forged letter written on an NIEEB…
