CDF spending questioned as BEAM arrears mount

The continued disbursement of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocations to Members of Parliament has come under scrutiny amid mounting arrears owed to schools under the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), with Gokwe-Kabuyuni legislator, Spencer Tshuma, arguing that greater priority should be given to funding vulnerable learners. 

ConCourt reserves judgment in Kawa and Machingura challenge to CAB3

ConCourt reserves judgment in Kawa and Machingura challenge to CAB3

The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe has reserved judgment in a challenge to Constitutional Amendment No. 3 brought by Eliphas Kawa and Hazvineyi Machingura.

Zimbabwe gazettes landmark oil and gas deal for Cabora Bassa

Zimbabwe has gazetted a Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement (PPSA) for the Cabora Bassa Project in the north of the country, setting the long-term rules that will govern how oil and gas will be explored, developed and produced.

Nurses and midwives are backbone of healthcare – Mombeshora

Nurses and midwives are backbone of healthcare – Mombeshora

Nurses and midwives are the backbone of healthcare delivery, and their training, professional development and specialisation must be invested in, Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora has said.

Senate decries human rights failure as prison officers use own salaries to feed babies behind bars in Zimbabwe

Senate decries human rights failure as prison officers use own salaries to feed babies behind bars in Zimbabwe

Critics say relying on individual compassion violates children’s rights to adequate nutrition and development

11.3.2021 9:17

Mohadi Resignation: President likely violated Constitution and must face the consequences

Munyaradzi Gwisai
A major public controversy has erupted over the recent resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi over sexual impropriety scandals and President Mnangagwa not giving a public...
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11.3.2021 8:59

Using philanthropic work to gain cheap publicity and humiliating recipients is the height of sadistic cruelty, hypocrisy and selfishness

What should be the main motive behind helping the needy? What makes someone wake up one...
11.3.2021 7:42

Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Zimbabwe shows dominance of variants of concern

Less than 5% (23 815 of 537 360) of public SARS-CoV-2 genomes are from low-income and middle-income countries,...
11.3.2021 7:25

Farmers find ways to save crops from elephants

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11.3.2021 7:01

Zimbabwe says China’s Tsingshan to build iron ore mine, steel plant from May

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10.3.2021 19:54

Western diplomats press Mnangagwa on Dzamara’s abduction 6 years on

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10.3.2021 19:17

Debate on the Need for a “Patriotic Bill”

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10.3.2021 18:46

Japan donates maize to improve food security in Zimbabwe

HARARE – The Government of Japan has donated approximately 20,000 metric tonnes of maize to the Government...
10.3.2021 11:07

Roll call for six comrades selected by Joshua Nkomo for the armed struggle

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10.3.2021 9:03

If Zim govt calls Dendairy’s displacement of people from their ancestral land ‘investment’, so can we say Rhodes was an ‘investor’?

To say I was shocked by the lame, disingenuous, and shamefully ridiculous attempts by the Zimbabwe...
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The late Cde Cephas Chamakomo Mangwana hero status compromised

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Prof Madhuku Vanquishes Dr Magaisa, Friends In Brutal Legal Fight

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Marking Six Years Since the Disappearance of Itai Dzamara

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