Politics

The creation of illegal urban settlements by land barons is now a thing of the past, with the Second Republic spearheading the construction of modern houses in line with Vision 2030 as pronounced by President Mnangagwa, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday. Speaking during belated World Habitat Day commemorations held …

South Africa will embark on a major public works and job-creation drive in response to the coronavirus crisis, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, unveiling a plan to return Africa’s most industrialised economy to growth. Under pressure after data showed the largest-ever gross domestic product (GDP) contraction in the second …

Queen Elizabeth carried out her first major engagement since a coronavirus lockdown in March, visiting the Porton Down military research facility on Thursday which was involved in dealing with a 2018 Novichok nerve agent attack. The 94-year-old monarch, who spent Britain’s national lockdown at her Windsor Castle home, has carried …

CIVIL SERVANTS yesterday reacted angrily to government’s pronouncement that the US$75 monthly COVID-19 allowance would now be enjoined to their salaries and accused the Public Service Commission (PSC) of trying to hoodwink them into believing that they had been awarded a salary increment. The PSC announced yesterday that payment of …

Zimbabwean opposition stalwart and father of SA music impresario Oscar “Oskido’ Mdlongwa, Esaph Mdlongwa, 73, has died. Mdlongwa was a founding member of the country’s biggest opposition, the MDC, established in 1999 and led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai to challenge Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF. He had been admitted at …

EDUCATION Minister Cain Mathema says the country has enough teachers to man classrooms even if more educators fail to turn up for the second phase of schools reopening later this month. Mathema was speaking during Tuesday’s post-cabinet media briefing in Harare, exactly a week after telling journalists the 29 percent …

FILE PHOTO: Ugandan musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine addresses a news conference at his home in Kasangati, Kampala, Uganda July 24, 2019. REUTERS/James Akena Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has said police and military officers raided the campaign headquarters of his newly formed party, decrying …

Zanu PF has warned private security firms against wantonly discharging firearms costing the lives of innocent citizens or to promote unnecessary violence This emerged during the party’s weekly press briefing held its headquarters and conducted by acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa. The warning comes following the shooting incident that took place …

AT least 415 school going girls dropped out of exam classes in Manicaland province during the Covid-19 lockdown period mainly due to marriage and pregnancy. However, only five boys dropped out of school for marriage reasons in the province. Provincial education director Edward Shumba said there was need to intensify …

Former Zanu PF Mashonaland Central Youth chairperson Godfrey Tsenengamu has been remanded in custody by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna pending his ruling on whether to grant him bail after the State opposed his admission to bail, Saturday. Nduna told the court that he will be able to hand down his …