Harare- In a forceful intervention into a national controversy, Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, President of the Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD), has declared that the alleged sexual encounter between adult woman Memory Makedenge and a 17-year-old boy constitutes a criminal offence under Zimbabwean law, regardless of public perception or social…
Harare- Chitungwiza South Member of Parliament, Maxwell Mavhunga has slammed the government, branding a recently announced reduction in the compulsory vehicle radio license fee as a "facade" and "criminal," amid allegations the collected funds are being illegally diverted from the national broadcaster. Mavhunga's condemnation follows the gazetting of Statutory Instrument…
Binga South- The air in Lubanda is thick with a fine, red dust that clings to everything—the leaves of the sparse trees, the weathered school benches, the bright uniforms of the children sitting in rows under the relentless sun. But on this Prize Giving Day, something else hangs in the…
Harare- The Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has pledged government's commitment to ensuring the empowerment, dignity and inclusion of persons with disabilities in line with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s mantra of leaving none and no place behind. The prevalence of disability in Zimbabwe is estimated to be 9.5%,…
Harare- The Environmental Management Agency (EMA), in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife, has formally released the Draft Zimbabwe National Environmental Plan for public scrutiny and comment. The move initiates a critical phase of public participation in shaping the country’s overarching environmental policy. The plan is intended…
The 2026 National Budget shows important attempts to integrate gender equality into fiscal planning, but it still falls short of delivering a fully gender-responsive and gender-transformative budget for Zimbabwean women, especially those in rural, informal and low-income communities. Professor Mthuli Ncube 1. YES — There are notable efforts towards gender…
Harare– Binga South legislator, Fanuel Cumanzala has issued a forceful demand for the 2026 National Budget to direct significant investment to the Zambezi Valley, condemning what he calls “generations of exclusion” that have left the resource-rich region in a state of chronic underdevelopment. In an interview, the legislator stated that…
By Linda Tsungirirai Masarira 29 November 2025 The 2026 national budget arrives at a time when Zimbabweans are suffocating under the weight of rising living costs, collapsing social services, structural unemployment, and a chronic erosion of real incomes. What the country needed was a people-centred, rights-based, redistributive budget anchored in…
Harare- Youths Minister Tinomudaishe Machakaire has launched the Ruwa Social Innovation Hub where 312 youths graduated from different vocational training centres, declaring skills development a critical "social vaccine" against the escalating drug and substance abuse crisis. Hon Tinomudaishe Machakaire Hon. T. Machakaire (MP) made the declaration Friday during a combined…
