8th September 2020 THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is grappling with severe transport and fuel shortages resulting in its officers failing to attend crime scenes and other duties. This was confirmed by Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe while addressing senior police officers in Bulawayo last week. “I have noted that the Bulawayo police province and [...]

8th September 2020 A LEGAL think-tank, Veritas, says Vice President Constantino Chiwenga cannot initiate any law-making procedures on behalf of the Ministry of Health as his controversial appointment to the portfolio last month was illegal. Chiwenga was appointed Health Minister by President Emmerson Mnangagwa late last month despite claims he was constitutionally ineligible for the [...]

8th September 2020 ZANU PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has told former president of Botswana, Ian Khama to find a wife and stop meddling in Zimbabwe’s internal affairs. Khama is one of the leading politicians in the SADC region to endorse #ZimbabweLivesMatter which is calling for an end to rampant rights abuses by the Zanu [...]

8th September 2020 THE government will no longer avail foreign currency to assist cabinet ministers and other senior officials seek medical treatment in state-of-the-art health facilities outside Zimbabwe, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. Speaking in his capacity as Health Minister Monday, Chiwenga told the media at his New Munhumutapa government offices that the state [...]

8 Sep 2020 GOVERNMENT says it is expediting the finalisation of the Tugwi -Mukosi dam Master Plan to ensure irrigation begins within the next year. Following its completion and subsequent official commissioning in 2017, expectations were high that the Tugwi-Mukosi dam would start being utilised given its strategic importance to the country’s food security. However, [...]

September 8, 2020 ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu says the ruling party is itching to meet its South African counterparts to set the record straight on misinformation peddled by G-40 elements and anti-government critics. The ruling party is expected to its meet South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) leadership in Harare on Wednesday. [...]

8 Sep 2020 MUTARE – The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Mining Company (ZCDC)’s acting chief executive, Robert De Pretto, has resigned amid allegations of frustration and continuous political interference. De Pretto, who recently told legislators during a workshop in the eastern border town that he was shocked by the level of poverty and underdevelopment in Chiadzwa [...]

8 Sep 2020 My post excited quite a discussion, and anticipation as well from my friends on Facebook because the car rental company in question – Impala Car Rental – was in the news at the time after one of their vehicles was used in the abduction and torture of university student Tawanda Muchehiwa in [...]

08 Sep, 2020  The Health and Child Care Ministry is being restructured with a new sustainable funding model, far greater effectiveness, and a new work ethic for staff under plans outlined yesterday by the Minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. In streamlining and expanding the operations of the ministry, but without adding to numbers with the [...]

08 Sep, 2020  Parliament yesterday signed three memoranda of understanding with ActionAid Zimbabwe, Silveira House and Women in Law Southern Africa as part of a programme to partner with non-governmental organisations. Since the beginning of the year, Parliament has signed such agreements with 16 organisations to capacitate the institution and parliamentarians to carry out their [...]