Zimbabwe has postponed the re-opening of schools planned for next week, the government said on Wednesday, due to a surge in Covid-19 infections and a tropical storm sweeping through the region. The government had set 4 January as the date to re-open primary and secondary schools, after many students missed […]
The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe on Monday ruled that the country’s national pledge was an unconstitutional violation of school children’s right to freedom of conscience and parental rights. The court’s decision comes four years after Mathew Sogolani applied to the court on the basis of the national pledge’s unconstitutionality. The father of […]
John Major vetoed a Foreign Office idea to offer honorary membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, saying it was a “dodgy precedent”, records released by the National Archives reveal. The FCO proposed the offer for Mugabe’s 1994 state visit to the UK, stating he was “reportedly […]
Litigation wars loom as outgoing acting president Khupe threatens court action MDC-T interim secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora claimed victory in the race to become substantive party president at a chaotic extraordinary congress on Sunday but outgoing acting leader, Thokozani Khupe, says she will approach the Supreme Court for an extension of […]
One of the four candidates contesting the MDC-T presidency, Elias Mudzuri, has raised a red flag over preparations to hold the extraordinary congress (EOC), saying the party did not have enough money to fund it after US$60 000 went missing. The congress is supposed to elect a successor to the […]
Traffic over Beitbridge between SA and Zimbabwe, Africa’s busiest border crossing, has ground to a near standstill over the past five days, with authorities battling to process hundreds of thousands of people making their way home for the holiday season. Delays at the border have been exacerbated by the coronavirus […]
The potential cyclone threat to Zimbabwe in around a week’s time is still a tropical depression north east of Mauritius and heading towards northern Madagascar, which may well have 100mm to 200mm of rain over this weekend. It is only after it has passed over Madagascar and entered the Mozambique […]
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop violence in the country, arbitrary arrests, abductions and torture of civilians under his watch as such atrocities have rendered Unity Day “irrelevant”. This came as Mnangagwa, in his Unity Day speech emphasised peace-building and conflict resolution […]
A new report published by the government and the World Bank shows that despite more public spending of billions of dollars in agriculture by the state, this has not translated into any meaningful productivity with over eight million Zimbabweans in need of food. The report, Public Expenditure Review (PER) with […]
Daggers are drawn in Zanu PF over ruling party officials that are amassing land in urban areas, which they sell to desperate home-seekers, with some disgruntled youths demanding action. A letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Zanu PF youths in Mashonaland West and messages on WhatsApp groups belonging to different […]