Mugabe Deprives Pensioners Xmas
Radio VOP By Sij Ncube 17th December 2015 HARARE, December 17, 2015 – President Robert Mugabe’s administration has literally stolen Christmas from pensioners amid revelations the government has no cash for pensions and promised bonuses for all servants less than two weeks to Xmas. Reports have been awash this week pensioners have been spending sleepless
Students’ lobby group campaigns for sexual harassment policy launch
Newsday By Everson Mushava 15th December 2015 A FEMALE students’ lobby group, Female Students Network Trust (FSNT), has launched a campaign to push the government to enact a sexual harassment policy to curb incidences of sexual harassment at tertiary institutions. Speaking after winning the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) Outstanding Standing Civil Society Fighting for
Zim crying out for Magufuli-type of leadership
Zimbabwe Independent Candid Comment by Stewart Chabwinja 11th December 2015 ZIMBABWEANS must be casting envious glances at Tanzania where, like a breath of fresh air, President John Magufuli has broken from the African leader mould to win the hearts of many on the continent and beyond. The hashtag #WhatWouldMagufuliDo has been trending on Twitter. Hitting
Dzamara bags human rights award
Daily News By Jeffrey Muvundusi 13th December 2015 Missing human rights activist Itai Dzamara was voted the Overall Human Rights Defender of the Year during the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (Zimrights) annual awards ceremony held at a local hotel in Bulawayo on Friday. Dzamara was allegedly abducted by suspected State agents in March this year
Zanu PF Feasts While University Lectures Face Bleak Festive Season
Radio VOP By Sij Ncube 9th December 2015 HARARE,- PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s administration has failed to pay lecturers and other support staff at state universities for the past five months in what analysts say is a firm confirmation the Zanu PF government is insensitive to the plight of its public workers at a time Zanu
China has done more for Africa than it’s former colonisers – Mugabe
News 24 7th December 2015 Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has praised China, saying the Asian country has done more for Africa than its former colonisers. Speaking during the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) in Johannesburg on Friday, Mugabe, who is also the current chairperson of the African Union (AU), blasted as distorted claims
Locals won’t benefit from China-Zim mega-deals – opposition
News24 3rd December 2015 Harare – So-called mega-deals signed between China and Zimbabwe this week will “employ very few Zimbabweans and involve very few companies,†a senior opposition official has warned. Writing on Twitter, former education minister David Coltart of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said: “We desperately need construction deals which will involve
Mugabe & Xi Jinping sign 12 deals
Eyewitness News Edited by Winnie Theletsane 2nd December 2015 HARARE – Zimbabweans have been reacting to news of 12 deals signed between President Robert Mugabe’s government and a delegation led by Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader touched down in Zimbabwe yesterday on a visit many hope will be a major boost for the
A peek into David Coltart’s bookshelf
The Standard 17th November 2015 Literary Forum by Bookworm In the past few weeks, I have reached out to many individuals — politicians, radio personalities, academics, lawyers and churchmen — asking them to share books that they read or helped make them who they are. The responses have been underwhelming, if at all. It could
More Graduates Join Unemployment Ranks As Zim-Asset Boomerangs
RadioVOP Zimbabwe By Sij Ncube 18th November 2015 HARARE, November 18, 2015 – PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is on Friday and Saturday expected to cap thousands of graduates at Bindura and Midlands’ state universities as more and more learned youths join the ranks of unemployment amid fears of increased company closures and job losses next year