REMNANT Church leader Patrick Mugadza, who has gained fame for his solo demonstration against government misrule, has launched a #Mugabe Must Fall campaign that will involve 40 days of prayer and fasting to force President Robert Mugabe to leave office.This comes as several church organisations and civic society groups in Masvingo have threatened to picket Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuv

PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader, prophet Walter Magaya has given warning that Southern Africa will be hit by a wave of political violence anytime soon, and urged politicians not to resort to brutality to crush the uprisings.In an interview with South African broadcaster Africa News Network7 (ANN7) on Wednesday night, Magaya claimed he had made the prophecies two weeks ag

LOCAL Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday railroaded the Senate to pass the controversial Local Government Amendment Bill despite protests from opposition legislators, who argued that the proposed law was unconstitutional.MDC-T senators tried, to no avail, to block the passing of the Bill after they were outnumbered when the Bill was put to vote.The opposition bench claimed the Bill

TEACHERS and nurses have threatened to go on strike in protest over government’s decision to defer payment of their June salaries to this month.Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe and public hospital doctors said they would down tools starting today, while members of the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (Zimta) would follow suit next Tuesday.“We, the hospital doctors, wish to inform you that d

OFFICIALS at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) have been sucked in a Chinese blanket import scam where the Asian nationals are allegedly fraudulently paying lower tariff charges for woven blankets, thereby prejudicing government of millions of dollars in import duty.Sources in the blanket manufacturing industry said the Chinese nationals were importing woven blankets through the porous Forbes

FORMER Education minister David Coltart has claimed that the title of his recently-published book, The Struggle Continues . . . 50 Years of Tyranny, has offended remnants of the Rhodesian era and Zanu PF acolytes after he described both regimes as tyrannical.Coltart told dozens of people who attended the official launch of the book on Wednesday that he had been excoriated by Higher Education mini

A woman employed as a maid in Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb was caught on CCTV camera stealing nearly $3,000 from her sick employer.Samukeliso Ndlovu was hurled before the courts on charges of theft and pleaded not guilty.Ndlovu was remanded in custody to Monday for continuation of trial.Prosecuting, Tafadzwa Mutsambirwa said between February 23 and March 11 this year, Ndlovu withdrew $2,956.35 from

Some Hospitals have been forced to reduce working hours for their nurses from five days to three in order to cushion the health workers from transport costs following the Government’s postponement of June salary payment dates for civil servants.The Government shifted pay dates for most civil servants to this month.Nurses at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) told a local publication that author

The MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been put under pressure to review his retirement as party president following recent revelations that he is battling cancer of the colon.Some members within the MDC-T perceive that Tsvangirai’s resignation will unlock funding opportunities for the party as he is now being viewed as a spent force.Party hawks are already angling to succeed the former trade un

Zimbabwe has been thrown into turmoil with public protests going viral calling for the stepping down of government over deteriorating social, economic and political situation in the country.The protesters, including the Movement for Democratic Change formation led by Morgan Tsvangirai, Evan Mawarire's #ThisFlag, youth group Tajamuka-Sesijikile and several others, have been calling President Robert

Former Zanu PF activist, Acie Lumumba, who recently launched a new political party known as Viva Zimbabwe and insulted President Robert Mugabe with an f-word, was allegedly beaten up by unknown assailants soon after the event at Ambassador Hotel in Harare.According to Viva Zimbabwe party activist, Agency Gumbo, Lumumba was thereafter summoned by the police.Gumbo said they failed to get in touch w

In the early years of independence from British rule, then Zapu leader, Joshua Nkomo, was accused of trying to overthrow the government, after an arms cache was allegedly found at one of the properties owned by his party.The then Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe, deployed the North Korean-trained Fifth Brigade to allegedly deal with the internal disturbances in the Midlands and Matabeleland regions.

Government has decided to continue with its plan to pay civil servants in installments amid resistance from workers union of the $100 salary advance.This comes as the Apex Council, a body that represents all civil servants unions, is also expected to make a final determination today on the way forward after rejecting Government’s offer.The Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, is also planning a dem

Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko who has recently touched a storm of protest over his hotel stay has been reportedly ordered to temporarily vacate his presidential suite at Rainbow Towers Hotel to pave way for visiting Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma.Koroma arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday to explore areas of bilateral co-operation between the two countries and to consult with President

Parliamentary proceedings were nearly turned into a fist fight after Kuwadzana East MP Nelson Chamisa (MDC-T) and Zvishavane-Ngezi MP John Holder (Zanu PF) nearly exchanged blows during a heated debate over the fast-tracked Local Government Bill.Tempers flared as MDC-T legislators demanded they be given time to study the Bill before approving it, and in the ensuing melee Chamisa riled Zanu PF MPs,