[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYATHE Health and Child Care ministry has resolved to cordon off boarding schools to curb the surge in COVID-19 cases within the learning institutions across the country. Situational reports released by the Health ministry show that schools currently account for the majority of the COVID-19 cases recorded daily. On Thursday, of the […]

[ad_1] BY NQOBANI NDLOVUTHE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has objected to plans by the local authority to conduct a joint virtual 2021 budget review and 2022 budget presentation, arguing the processes were critical and should be conducted separately. A Bulawayo City Council (BCC) circular reveals that the local authority plans a two-day WhatsApp 2021 […]

[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYAPRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged judicial authorities in Africa to adopt information communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance justice delivery system amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mnangagwa made the call yesterday while officially opening the southern African chief justices’ conference and annual general meeting in Victoria Falls. The conference is being held under the […]

[ad_1] BY STEPHEN CHADENGAILLEGAL gold miners, who invaded Loreto High School in Silobela last month, have defied police eviction orders and clandestinely continued with their mining activities at the Catholic-run institution, Southern Eye has learnt. Midlands provincial mining director Tariro Ndlovu said the ministry was still seized with the matter as the artisanal miners occasionally […]

[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYAA COALITION of women’s rights organisations has pleaded with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to allow his estranged wife, Marry, to have access to the couple’s children. Marry claims that she has been denied access to her children for over 17 months following her separation with Chiwenga. The organisations accused Chiwenga of using State […]

[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA ZIMBABWE is among 19 countries that have seen no improvement in the diversity of children’s nutrition in the last decade, Unicef’s 2021 Child Nutrition report released yesterday showed. The report, which was based on nutrition statistics from 50 countries across the globe, shows that generally in many countries, there are significant […]

[ad_1] BY DESMOND CHINGARANDEOPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday left stunned in court after the State sought a remand of six months to next February despite indicating that it was ready for trial. Sikhala is accused of publishing falsehoods, a charge that he denies and argues does not exist at law. Sikhala was […]

[ad_1] BY FREEMAN MAKOPAMillers have welcomed the new producer prices for wheat announced by government this week, describing it as viable and profitable to farmers. Zimbabwe expects to harvest over 300 000 tonnes of wheat, enough to meet its needs after putting more than 66 000 hectares under the crop, the third highest hectarage since […]

[ad_1] BY BLESSED MHLANGAMDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said his party would get back everything it lost to a rival faction, including the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) headquarters. He said the MDC Alliance did not react radically to the “illegal State-assisted” takeover of the party headquarters by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T faction because it […]

[ad_1] BY DESMOND CHINGARANDESix MDC Alliance legislators, including vice-president Tendai Biti, who were expelled from Parliament, have been reinstated by the High Court. Justice Joseph Mafusire ruled that Biti and colleagues, Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), Willias Madzimure (Kambuzuma), Sichelesile Mahlangu (Pumula), Regai Tsunga (Mutasa South), and Kucaca Phulu (Nkulumane), who were recalled from Parliament by a […]

[ad_1] BY NQOBANI NDLOVUTHE Supreme Court has ruled in favour of United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa, who was facing a US$6,5 million lawsuit by Upenyu and Blessing Mashangwa over alleged fake prophecies, defamation and fraud. Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza, sitting with Justices Lavender Makone and Francis Bere, in a judgment delivered […]

[ad_1] BY PHYLLIS MBANJEThe COVID-19 crisis in schools is escalating, pushing up the daily statistics which had been on a decline despite claims by the government the situation was under control. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa in a post-Cabinet Press briefing this week, said the government would not close schools as the figures were too insignificant. […]

[ad_1] BY VANESSA GUZHATHE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) developed a Sign Language manual in order to increase access to justice for the deaf and hard of hearing, the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT) said yesterday. In a statement to mark the International Day of Sign Language, DZT appreciated government moves to put sign language at the […]

[ad_1] BY IAN SCOONESPreviously, I reviewed the results of our land use analysis using a combination of Landsat satellite imagery, document/archival analysis and field interviews from Mvurwi area in northern Zimbabwe from 1984 to 2018, now out as a working paper. A number of themes emerged. The research showed how in this miombo savannah environment […]

[ad_1] By SILAS NKALASIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, the son of the late Zapu founding leader Joshua Nkomo, yesterday dismissed attempts by some party members to sideline him from the opposition party’s presidential race. Nkomo said the opposition party had since resolved that he was qualified to contest for presidency, adding that he had been a card-carrying member […]

[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYATHE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has recommended that children below the age of 18 should be protected from participating in cultural practises of a sexual nature in local communities, which it said aroused their desire to indulge in sexual activities prematurely. ZGC legal and investigations manager Tinashe Mazani told a virtual meeting […]

[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYAPROMINENT Harare lawyer Jonathan Samkange of Venturas and Samkange was given a 24-hour ultimatum by Sabonabona residents to withdraw papers he filed at the Supreme Court on their behalf without their instruction. On Monday, Sabonabona Progressive Residents Association acting chairperson Ezekiel Chinoingira wrote to Samkange, notifying him that if he failed to […]

[ad_1] BY MTHANDAZO NYONI VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has said the COVID-19 pandemic has taught Zimbabweans to be their own economic liberators and that the country would be more secure if it relies on its own production. Officiating at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair international business conference held in Bulawayo yesterday, Chiwenga said assistance from other […]

[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba will now stay in office for five more years after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday overturned an earlier ruling by the High Court that his continued stay in office beyond the age of 70 illegal. In May, three High Court judges, Justices Happias Zhou, Edith Mushore and […]

[ad_1] By MTHANDAZO NYONI THE World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with DanChurchAid and ORAP, is empowering people in urban areas with farming and business skills through its urban resilience programme aimed at enhancing food security. The programme, being piloted in the Mzilikazi and Phelandaba high-density suburbs of Bulawayo, has to date benefited 700 households […]

[ad_1] BY NHAU MANGIRAZIThe Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has deployed three magistrates to cover Karoi and Kariba magistrates courts, NewsDay has established. The trio will be working to cover the backlog that resulted following the resignation of some provincial magistrates over alleged poor working conditions. Former Chinhoyi provincial magistrate Tapiwa Banda has been transferred to […]

[ad_1] By NIZBERT NOYO POLICE in Bulawayo have increased their visibility to curb crimes that are usually associated with the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair due to an influx of visitors. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube told Southern Eye yesterday that law enforcement agents were more than ready to deal with criminals that often cash […]

[ad_1] BY BLESSED MHLANGA/NQOBANI NDLOVU ZIMBABWE should deliberately strengthen its institutions, especially the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, so that it is able to deal with partisan traditional leaders. In a statement to commemorate the International Peace Day, election watchdog Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) said only strong institutions could bring about lasting peace in the […]

[ad_1] BY WINSTONE ANTONIOTHE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) yesterday said an aggressive service excellence training programme would be rolled out to hotel frontline staff to curb the spread of COVID-19. The programme kicked off in March with the training of 10 provincial tourism officers from the Environment ministry and is now set to spread to […]

[ad_1] BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVAMASVINGO Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira has emerged as the main beneficiary of the Zanu PF politburo’s decision to suspend provincial elections which were scheduled for month-end, as the internal party polls could have buried his political career. On Monday, Chadzamira, who has been at the centre of fierce Zanu PF factional […]

[ad_1] BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA/PHYLLIS MBANJEA DAMNING report has revealed a growing and worrisome trend in the systematic arrest of lawyers in the country and restrictions that have been placed on them since the beginning of 2020, impacting their freedom to practise their profession. The report was launched virtually by the Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and […]