Politics

Nick Mangwana Civil servants representatives, the main opposition party the MDC-A and analysts have expressed their dismay at government’s decision to pay US$500 to civil servants when they die rather than remunerate them well now. This came after government announced it would, with immediate effect, start paying an equivalent US$500 …

Government has directed workers in the transport sector, including commuter omnibus drivers and conductors, to register with the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) as part of social protection measures being adopted to cater for them when they reach retirement age. This is part of a robust social protection system that …

Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo was slapped in public by his deputy, Nobert Dokotera, on Monday afternoon for allegedly telling a team investigating land management by Bindura Municipality that Clr Dokotera had grabbed some stands, a court heard yesterday. Cllr Tokyo (40), of Ward 5, …

Senior Department of Homeland Security officials on Tuesday urged patience from voters and warned that election results won’t likely be known on Election Day this year – comments that are in contrast with those of President Donald Trump, who has said he wants immediate results. “There’s a very good chance …

Prominent investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono made an application for a Harare magistrate to recuse himself from handling his criminal case before the Harare Magistrates court, Tuesday. Chin’ono through his lawyers Doug Coltart and Gift Mtisi told Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna that he no longer wanted him to preside over his …

Fatal accidents on Zimbabwe’s roads are being recorded every other day, and going through a red robot has since been normalised while driving without a valid driver’s licence has become fashionable as one can easily get away with it. It is now a real risk driving in Zimbabwe’s traffic jungle, …

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as Health and Child Care minister is in the eye of a storm following revelations that he instructed his deputy and personal doctor, John Mangwiro, to fast-track the US$5,6 million Covid-19 materials tender scam. This was revealed by the deputy minister himself in a …

Nelson Chamisa and his party the MDC Alliance, who are blamed by President Mnangagwa’s government for inviting sanctions on Zimbabwe, have been invited to an event organised to denounce the economic embargo. This was announced by government spokesperson Nick Mangwana Tuesday, just days before the event takes place in Bulawayo. …

Doug Coltart updates on what transpired at Harare Magistrates Court where his client Hopewell Chin’ono intended to make an application for the recusal of magistrate Ngoni Nduna from handling his case further.

MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Hon Job Sikhala, has said Mr Kembo Mohadi is a delusional and misguided politician. Sikhala was responding to Mohadi’s assertion that Zanu PF will rule Zimbabwe forever. Sikhala also challenged Chris Mutsvangwa to stop rambling about sanctions. “We all heard Chris Mutsvangwa rambling about the …