40 Percent Wage Increment Is a Mockery – Teachers
263 Chat 2nd October 2020 By Fadzai Ndangana Teachers have rejected the 40 percent cost of living adjustment offer by the government demanding a wage in the region of USD 520 for the lowest paid public worker synonymous with their October 2018 pay structure. In an interview with with 263Chat, spokesperson of the Amalgamated Rural
Some personal thoughts on Zimbabwe’s Coronavirus lockdown policy
Senator David Coltart 17th April 2020 The Zimbabwean Coronavirus lockdown is due to end at midnight on Sunday the 19th April. Mr Mnangagwa has stated that his government is going to review that policy and has suggested he will make a decision on the 20th April, but if it is left that late that will
“Giving strength to the weary and increasing the power of the weak” – Comment regarding the Supreme Court judgment issued on the 31st March 2020 against Nelson Chamisa
The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa’s MDC A Party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the face of it the Supreme Court has ordered Chamisa to submit himself to another Congress of the MDC which will be convened
MDC @20: The journey continues
Zimbabwe Independent By Nyasha Chingono 27th September 2019 TWENTY years after it was formed amid high hopes, the opposition MDC’s pathway to power remains hazy amid concerns it lacks the gravitas to mount a formidable challenge to dislodge Zanu PF from power. On the contrary, its nemesis, formed in 1963, managed to win state power
Judge raps State over Magombeyi detention
Newsday BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE/RUTENDO MATANHIKE/NQOBANI NDLOVU 26th September 2019 udge president Justice George Chiweshe yesterday dismissed the State’s urgent chamber application to stop Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) leader Peter Magombeyi from leaving the country for South Africa to seek medical attention. The State had submitted that it wanted more than two more days to
Zimbabweans can be forgiven for thinking they must be with Alice in Wonderland – the bizarre case of Dr Peter Magombeyi
David Coltart Blog Bulawayo 24th September 2019 Zimbabweans can be forgiven for thinking that they must be with Alice in Wonderland because our legal system and law enforcement is so increasingly and utterly bizarre. About 10 days ago a medical doctor, the President of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, who was representing doctors in salary
As Dr Magombeyi resurfaces, the third force debate rages on, as Job Sikhala narrates torture story
Bulawayo News 24 24th September 2019 By Thomas Mukandi The acting president of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctor Associations Peter Magombeyi, who was allegedly abducted on Friday last week in Budiriro, was on last week Thursday night confirmed to have been released from the hands of his abductors in the evening. Magombeyi’s release comes after doctors had
Zanu-PF Youth League on abductions
The Chronicle (ZANU PF propaganda) 24th September 2019 THE Zanu-PF Youth League says it has noted with concern the recent wave of alleged abductions in the country which are a ploy by the MDC and its allies to destabilise and tarnish the country’s image. In a statement yesterday, Zanu-PF Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs, Cde
U.S. told to come clean about knowledge of 1980s Mugabe massacres in Zimbabwe
Washington Times By Geoff Hill 23rd September 2019 Human rights groups and activists are demanding the release of CIA and State Department files showing how much the U.S. government knew about what they say was a genocide in the 1980s under Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, whose funeral took place earlier this month in Harare. For more
“David Coltart Has A Case To Answer Over Dr Magombeyi’s Disappearance,†Obert Gutu – member of Mnangagwa’s POLAD
Pindula News 20th September 2019 Obert Gutu, the Vice President of opposition MDC led by Dr Thokozani Khuphe, which has recently alligned itself with President Mnangagwa, and is part of his POLAD, has said that former Education Minister, David Coltart has a case to answer over the disappearance of acting president of the Zimbabwe Hospital