Human Rights watchdog, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the government of lacking seriousness in its COVID-19 response. In its COVID-19 accountability tracker that seeks to highlight abuse of authority, rampant corruption, poor public accountability mechanisms and lack of transparency, ZPP says the Government is
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president Professor Lovemore Madhuku says last year's grade seven results were a small part of a big problem in the country's education system. Speaking during a media briefing in Harare today, Madhuku blamed the ruling Zanu PF government for the poor grade
Lecturers at ZAOGA owned Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) have stopped conducting online lectures demanding salaries and COVID-19 allowances equivalent to the ones paid State run Universities. A lecturer who spoke to 263Chat on condition of anonymity said they have stopped conducting lectures owing to poor
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has called on the corporate world to rally behind the Government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows Government's invitation to the business community to outspread their hand towards procurement of COVID-19 vaccines projected to require US$100 million. In a statement,
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to compel the Government to provide a COVID-19 National Vaccination Deployment Plan. The application comes at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the country will vaccinate more than 60 percent of
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country will soon embark on a second front COVID-19 pandemic preventive measure which will see 60% of the country's population receiving vaccine. In an address to the nation Mnangagwa said the first phase of the free state funded vaccines will see
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over an increase in national lockdown violations across the country’s major cities. In a statement, Police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said members of the public have become complacent in the observance of the national lockdown measures. “The
Opposition MDC Alliance Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and Cecelia Chimbiri have been denied bail by Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje. Magistrate Mambanje remanded the two in custody to February 18, 2021. Speaking soon after ruling defence lawyer Charles Kwaramba of the Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
The Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T has reiterated its committed to a national dialogue that is inclusive, genuine and unconditional. In a statement after the party’s virtual national standing committee, party spokesperson Witness Dube said the party will set a committee to draft a road map for
Opposition MDC Alliance has blamed Government interference in council operations for poor service delivery currently being experienced by most cities and towns in the country. Since March 2020, Harare has lost 24 MDC Alliance Councilors to recalls by the Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T while the Special
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