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Leave No Youth Behind speaks on July 30 elections period

By Zim Sentinel Youth advocacy organisation and civic pressure group Leave No Youth Behind, which was active in mobilizing youths to vote in the July 30 polls,  has released a statement in which it raised concern on the post-election violence…

HCC DIRECTIVES, MISPLACED PRIORITIES

  By Misheck Shambare The economic situation currently prevailing in the country has made us blind that we cannot see some other good things such as sanity in our areas which the Harare City Council is trying to advocate for….

No succession wars in Zanu PF: Zhuwao

Misheck Shambare President Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao on Tuesday said there is no need to talk about succession issues in Zanu PF, as President Mugabe is there to stay. Speaking at the launch of the publication “Protracted Road to Transition:…

Harare City Council Unrelenting in its Crackdown on Commuter Omnibuses

Harare City Council on Thursday announced that it is going to register all vendors and Kombi operators doing business in the central business district (CBD). The City is arguing that these moves will solve the problems of vendors and kombi…

Football Hooliganism Culture Blighting Zimbabwean Football

Some say rugby is a game of hooligans watched by professionals while soccer is said to be the reverse. That is,  a game of professionals watched by hooligans. The statement seeks to describe how these two games operate. Rugby is…

Zimbabweans Still to Take Up ‘2 Step Twitter Verification’ Security Application

Users of the social media application Twitter in Zimbabwe are yet to access the Twitter ‘2 Step verification’ which is intended to increase the security of accounts from hacking. The 2 step verification enables twitter account users to fully protect…

Tsvangirai in No Show at Crossover Rally

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) president failed to pitch for the crossover rally that was held to mark one year since the harmonized elections of 2013. Morgan Tsvangirai was supposed to come and address hundreds of his party supporters that…

Mobile Phone Companies Competition for Local Markets Heats Up asEconet also Launches Debit card.

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe on Wednesday launched a debit card that it collaborated with MasterCard two weeks after their rivals Telecel had announced the arrival of its own similar card. EcoCash, Econet’s Mobile Money service, announced the landmark agreement with MasterCard…

Gender

“Vagina Monologues’’ author in Zimbabwe.

Vagina Monologues author and founder of the One Billion Rising movement Eve Ensler is in the country to promote the fight against gender based violence. The Tony Award winning playwright, performer and activist is the author of The Vagina Monologues…

Central Bank regains banker of last resort status

Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa on Monday confirmed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe had been restored its lender of last resort. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Finance and Economic Planning, Chinamasa said everything was set for the central…