March 28, 2024
Sudan split into two - North and South - in January this year following a referendum in which more than 90 percent of the population supported the cessation of the South after decades of a protracted war for independence.The process of establishing government structures is now underway in…
The two MDC formations, which are part of an inclusive government with ZANU-PF, had also suggested that the former combatants' portfolio be removed from the Ministry of Defence, which is currently in charge of their welfare.The two former opposition political parties that broke ZANU-PF's uninterrupted rule in 2009…
The counter-strategy follows President Robert Mugabe's dispatch on Friday and Saturday of envoys to Angola and Mozambique to lobby the influential SADC leaders as ZANU-PF seeks to reverse the gains of the premier scored in the last SADC Troika in Zambia in which it was stated that the…
The President's appointment of the committee, led by the former chief secretary to the President and Cabinet, Charles Utete, comes amid mounting calls for a paradigm shift in the implementation of the empowerment programme amid fears that the current approach may benefit a few individuals at the expense…
Johannesburg/Harare - Air Zimbabwe took to the skies on Monday, despite a financial suspension from the International Air Transit Association (IATA), which means its tickets were not available through the IATA's 60 000 accredited travel agents. Over the weekend reports indicated Air Zimbabwe, one of Africa's oldest airlines,…
Last month, civil servants representatives under the Civil Service Apex Council, met President Robert Mu-gabe in desperate attempts to pull out a salary increment. President Mugabe assu-red them that they would get a favourable salary review in June. The deafening silence from government corridors has now forced Tendai…
The Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) said the court challenge against the police ban was one of four possible actions to undertake as the workers in the banking sector protest poor salaries in the industry. It emerged on Tuesday that after cancelling the demonstration allegedly fearing…
NetOne sent text messages to subscribers on Wednesday last week indicating that it had cancelled Zellco's service contract with immediate effect.This was in spite of a High Court provisional order interdicting NetOne from cancelling the agreement in terms of the service agreement.The case had been set out for…
In High Court case number 3376/10, a Chegutu farmer, Ignatius Ruvinga of Exwick Farm is demanding nearly US$500 000 from a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, the Zimbabwe Electri-city Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), for failing, without reasonable cause, to maintain an efficient and economical power system which led to…
The disgruntled members, who accused their winning rivals of using dirty tactics to undermine their electoral chances at the MDC-T congress held in Bulawayo about a fortnight ago, are said to view a so-called council of elders, in which Tsvangirai wants to stack aged party members for counsel,…