Politics

THE country’s biggest conglomeration of labour organisations, the ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) thrown its weight behind striking teachers and strongly castigated government’s inconsiderate approach to their approach saying it was the genesis of an all-out revolt. Teachers have vowed not to return to class citing poor salaries. They …

HARARE – Human rights lawyers have filed an urgent court application to stop the government from suspending thousands of teachers striking over poor pay. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum initiated the court action on behalf of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) on Friday, a day after …

ZANU PF has dismissed circulating fake news that its director of information and publicity Cde Tafadzwa Mugwadi has been dismissed from his position. The party’s spokesperson Cde Chris Mutsvangwa who earlier today addressed a press conference in the company of Cde Mugwadi said, “ he is still my DIRECTOR…He is …

Travel bans imposed on southern African countries must be immediately lifted as they are unjustified and discriminatory, countries across the region have said. In a statement, Southern Africa said the detection of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 by local scientists does not mean that the strain originated in the region. …

Zanu PF acting national political commissar Patrick Chinamasa has said the ruling party was monitoring all movements made by Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance to make sure it does not receive foreign funding ahead of the 2022 by-elections and the 2023 harmonised elections. Chinamasa made the remarks at the weekend at …

South African opposition Action South Africa party leader Herman Mashaba has urged the neighbouring country’s government to impose economic sanctions on Zimbabwean government and Zanu PF officials and freeze their assets saying this would force them to expedite political and economic reforms. Mashaba made the calls at a press conference …

MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has approached the High Court to stop his trial at the Magistrates Court where he is accused of verbally assaulting a Russian national, Tatiana Aleshina. Biti, through his lawyer Aleck Muchadehama filed an application to quash indictment in terms of section 178 of the …

The United States government has poured cold water on President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)’s claim that he held a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden last month to discuss ways of removing sanctions against Harare. Harare and Washington have had a tumultuous relationship since 2001, when the global power enacted the …

By Gilbert MunetsiThe Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has added its voice to the need for Treasury to resource the Civil Registry to enable the smooth flow of voter registration ahead of impending elections. The country is scheduled to hold by-elections to fill in vacant council and House of Assembly …

The ruling Zanu PF party yesterday said it was making frantic efforts to engage Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema over social media rants targeted at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government by the neighbouring country’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) staff. Zanu PF acting spokesperson Michael Bimha told a media briefing …