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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has intensified its clampdown on labour unions after Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) president Robert Chiduku was summoned to appear before a disciplinary hearing on August 5 for allegedly taking part in a strike in May. Civil servants, including nurses, have been pressing for United States …

GOVERNMENT has once again failed to meet its July deadline to pay the remaining half of the US$3.5 billion in compensation to former white farmers whose land was taken away and redistributed to blacks under the fast-track land reform programme. In July 2020, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government announced that it had reached …

Brighton have rejected a £30m bid from Manchester City for left-back Marc Cucurella. The 24-year-old Spain international signed a five-year deal with the south coast side when he joined from La Liga club Getafe last summer. Brighton sold midfielder Yves Bissouma in a £30m deal last month and are under …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), accusing them of being appendages of foreign powers and diplomats seeking to effect regime change. In his weekly column in The Sunday Mail, Mnangagwa attacked civil society organisations, while giving credence to crafting of the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment …

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi on Tuesday accused Western countries of supporting organisations that have been breeding corruption in Zimbabwe in a bid to propagate a negative narrative that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is corrupt. Speaking at a belated event to commemorate the African Anti-Corruption Day in Harare, Ziyambi said the sanctions …

Former High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere has suffered another blow after her appeal against tribunal findings against her was trashed. Ndewere was fired from the bench by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in June last year for misconduct and incompetence. This followed recommendations by a tribunal which was set up by …

ZIMBABWE’S $1,86 trillion debt has breached thresholds prescribed under the low-income country (LIC) Debt Sustainability framework, exposing the country to refinancing risks, the Public Debt Management Office has indicated. The $1,86 trillion translated to about US$17,5 billion at the end of last year, with US$6,6 billion in arrears. In the …

Zimbabwe’s inflation rate at 191,7% as of June 23 is now much higher than Ukraine’s 41%, a country in the middle of a fierce war with Russia. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) said this was an indication of failure by the Finance ministry and …

South Africa has recorded a second case of monkeypox in a 32-year old male patient from Cape Town with no travel history, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The country reported its first monkeypox case last week, a case that was also not linked to travel. Monkeypox is a viral …

Thanet residents are collaborating in a show that brings together Zimbabwean instruments, storytelling and gumboot dancing, in a world where music is forbidden. Thanet performance company Looping the Loop is bringing Bunker of Zion to the Salvation Army Hall in Margate on Friday, July 1 and 2. Featuring music, dance …