Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter LIBERATION stalwart Cde Highten Nkomo, who was the first commander of the Mkushi Women’s Camp in Zambia, has been declared a National Hero. He was 70. Cde Nkomo, who was also known as Billy Mzamo, died at his homestead in the Bengu area of Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province two […] …
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COMMENT: Crackdown on kombis should go on until there is sanity in city
POLICE in Bulawayo should be commended for taking action against the chaotic kombi crews that had turned the city into an eyesore. In an operation targeting the kombi crews and pirate taxis operating illegally, the police impounded 300 vehicles. Kombi crews and some transport operators had turned the city, once revered for its orderliness and […] …
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Agriculture sector adopts US$-indexed salaries
Michael Makuza, Business Reporter THE National Employment Council (NEC) for the agriculture sector and its social partners have adopted new provisions for payment of minimum wages in US-dollar terms or equivalent in Zim-dollar at prevailing official exchange rate effective September 1, 2022. The latest development has been agreed upon by employers and workers’ representatives in […] …
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Ministry supplying fuel for Mohadi’s Zanu PF outreach, leaked memo shows
‘Conflating party and state is unconstitutional. This is grand scale looting’ …
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Japanese PM Kishida calls for ‘peaceful’ elections in Zimbabwe
Fumio Kishida says he hopes that ‘democratisation will make further progress’ in Zimbabwe …
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Botswana lifts all Covid-19 restrictions, including for travellers
Southern African country has seen seven-day average of cases drop to 26, with no deaths …
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News students’ body launched
Source: News students’ body launched –Newsday Zimbabwe Tertiary Institution: UZ TERTIARY students have partnered with an independent civic group to establish a new students’ body, the National Students Council (NSU) to fight polarisation among learners at higher learning institutions. Reports abound of divisions among students at tertiary institutions along political lines with the Zimbabwe Congress […] …
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Mnangagwa sends shamed former deputy Mohadi to funeral of Japan’s Abe
Mohadi took delegation of eight aides to burial of slain former Japanese prime minister …
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Villagers take on Chipinge council
Source: Villagers take on Chipinge council –Newsday Zimbabwe MUTARE High Court judge Justice Jester Helena Charewa has interdicted the Chipinge Rural District Council (CRDC) from expropriating communal land belonging to hundreds of Chipinge villagers. CRDC had plans to urbanise Kondo communal lands without following due process. The villagers, represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human […] …
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Former Zanu PF bigwigs eye return
Source: Former Zanu PF bigwigs eye return -Newsday Zimbabwe THREE former Zanu PF Members of Parliament (MPs) from Hurungwe district are eyeing central committee positions in the ruling party ahead of elections slated for this weekend. They include former Hurungwe Central MP and current central committee member Godfrey Beremauro who seeks re-election, former Hurungwe North […] …
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