The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has warned top government officials and consultants covering up horrendous labour rights violations perpetrated by Chinese-owned companies. The union contends that since the arrival of Chinese capital in the country, a series of labour rights violations, which include murder of local workers, torture, …
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A preliminary report on food poverty line (FPL) for October released yesterday by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) reveals that the FPL for one person was $21 455, while the total consumption poverty line (TCPL) for the same person stood at $28 144. “The food poverty line represents the …
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The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the Zimbabwe Republic Police of indirectly inflaming political tensions in the country through turning a blind eye towards crimes committed against opponents by Zanu PF loyalists while maintaining a tough hand on the opposition. In its September report, the rights based NGO which …
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Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health minister, has revealed that hospitals were this year starved of medicines by Treasury after it only released $5 billion of the Health ministry’s $15 billion allocation. This resulted in the ministry only managing to procure 14% of the required medicines for hospitals this …
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Government has been sued for reportedly failing to compensate the claimed owner of the land where the country’s new Parliament building was constructed. Touted as a gift to Zimbabwe, the building US$140m building was constructed in Mt Hampden, some 18km, northwest of Harare. The imposing 650-seat structure heralds the start …
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Disgruntled Zanu PF members of Parliament on Wednesday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga at State House, where they complained bitterly about their incapacitation due to erratic payment of salaries, allowances and the non-provision of fuel which they said was hindering their work and hampering visibility in their …
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SADC chairperson and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, has reiterated calls for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some Western countries saying they push a negative perception about the country and cut it off from global financial markets. In his statement to mark …
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The United Kingdom (UK) has dismissed continued claims its sanctions and those imposed collectively with western allies on Zimbabwe have impeded economic development in its troubled former colony. This comes after Harare has gone into overdrive in its denunciation of western measures imposed soon after the turn of the century …
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Five months ago, if you had spoken about the World Cup to any sports fan in this country, it would have meant Zimbabwe qualifying for the rugby showcase, instead of long-time rivals Namibia. Definitely not cricket! Our cricket had hit rock bottom, such that the phrase “rock bottom” itself had, …
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Zimbabwe will conduct two rounds of oral polio vaccination (OPV) throughout the country to protect children below the age of five years following an outbreak of the disease in neighbouring countries, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said Monday. “There is an outbreak of polio disease in neighbouring countries …
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