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Mnangagwa’s Aide Scoffs At Chamisa’s Ill-Fated Chikurubi Visit; Says ‘Meet Your CCC Members At Next Court Date’

Presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, has poured scorn on Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa’s Chikurubi visit, telling the opposition leader he can meet his party members at their next court appearance. Prior to Charamba’s remarks, Chamisa was denied access to visit incarcerated lawmakers, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, …

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Mnangagwa Approves Acquisition Of Presidential Jet

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved the acquisition of a presidential jet, ZimLive can reveal. The aircraft is a long-range Dassault Falcon, military sources said. “It has already been bought, and pilots have left the country to undergo training. It should be in service very soon,” a source said. Officials at …

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Rights Abuses Still Rampant In Chiadzwa Diamond Fields

Villagers in the Chiadzwa area of Marange in Manicaland province are continuing to endure human rights abuses in the hands of security forces manning diamond-rich fields in the area, despite multi-stakeholder meetings between government and civil society aimed at ending the violations, The NewsHawks has established. The government declared the …

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Zimbabwe Clears 90pc Of Debt To Airlines

Zimbabwe has cleared 90% percent of its obligations to international airlines which amounted to about US$100 million, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed Wednesday. As of July this year, The Harare administration, together with Nigeria, had between them owed some US$565 million of the $1.4 billion in airline revenues …

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Bulawayo Residents Snub Anti-Sanctions March

Business was as usual in Bulawayo on Tuesday, as most residents ignored the few hundreds of government sympathisers marching against sanctions in the central business district. The march, convened under the so-christened SADC anti-sanctions day, started from government’s Mhlahlandlela Complex, with the placard waving group proceeding onto Joshua Nkomo Street …

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Chiefs Make Tough Demands

Traditional chiefs in Matabeleland and the Midlands early this week tabled before President Emmerson Mnangagwa a number of tough demands on top of a public apology that need to be fulfilled in order to bring closure to the 1980s Gukurahundi genocide. The demands include the return of more than 100 …

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Food Poverty Line Up 3,1pc: ZimStat

A preliminary report on food poverty line (FPL) for October released yesterday by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) reveals that the FPL for one person was $21 455, while the total consumption poverty line (TCPL) for the same person stood at $28 144. “The food poverty line represents the …

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Zanu PF MPs Meet Mnangagwa & Chiwenga Over Allowances

Disgruntled Zanu PF members of Parliament on Wednesday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga at State House, where they complained bitterly about their incapacitation due to erratic payment of salaries, allowances and the non-provision of fuel which they said was hindering their work and hampering visibility in their …

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Sanctions Not An Economic Shackle To Zim: UK

The United Kingdom (UK) has dismissed continued claims its sanctions and those imposed collectively with western allies on Zimbabwe have impeded economic development in its troubled former colony. This comes after Harare has gone into overdrive in its denunciation of western measures imposed soon after the turn of the century …

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