Tanzania to tax women’s wigs, plus highlights of East Africa’s budgets
BY AFRICANEWS
Tanzania’s finance ministry proposed new taxes on locally manufactured and imported wigs and hair extensions which are popular with women in the country.
Phillipo...
Swiss women strike for more money, time and respect
BY BBC
Women across Switzerland have begun a day of demonstrations against what they say is the country’s unacceptably slow pace to equality.
Friday’s protest comes...
Kenyan MP arrested, accused of slapping female colleague
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)
Kenyan Member of Parliament, Rashid Kassim, has been arrested after being accused of causing “actual bodily harm” to his female colleague, the...
Opposition demands Dzamara update
BY VENERANDA LANGA
OPPOSITION MP Willias Madzimure yesterday demanded that Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema or his deputy, Mike Madiro, issue a ministerial statement on...
Chamisa rescues Khupe, Mudenda
By Everson Mushava
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday came to the rescue of his rival MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe and Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda...
Tsvangirai’s brother-in-law calls for GNU
By Everson Mushava
The late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s brother-in-law yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to dialogue and come up...
ED prosecutor bunks Harare City bosses trial
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE
The trial of former City of Harare commission chairpersons Sekesai Makwavarara, Michael Mahachi and former town clerk Tendai Mahachi, who are facing...
Mvurwi tobacco farmers protest against buyer
By Simbarashe Sithole
THERE was mayhem at Agribank Mvurwi and Voedesel Tobacco Company on Wednesday afternoon after tobacco farmers failed to access their hard-earned money...
Jobs for the boys permissible, but …
EDITORIAL
EVER since former President Robert Mugabe was driven out of State House via a military coup in November 2017, there has been a general...
Legislation framework on children who commit offences vague
By Duduzile Ndlukulwani
The Ministry of Justice inter-ministerial taskforce yesterday revealed that the legislative framework dealing with child offenders is vague and unsatisfactory.
Speaking at the...