BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe placed on Global Workers' Rights watch list

Zimbabwe has been placed on the International Trade Union Confederation's (ITUC) workers' rights watch list after the global labour body reported a deterioration in labour rights and increased violati...

POLITICS

Chinese firm, Chief clash over mining rights

A legal conflict has arisen between Chinese mining company Wan Wenjin Jewellers and Chief Mutasa of Manicaland over allegations of unauthorised gold mining on land covered by the firm's exclusive pros...

BUSINESS NEWS

Simbisa brands infringed music copyrights

The High Court has ruled that Simbisa Brands Zimbabwe, operator of popular fast-food chains including Chicken Inn and Pizza Inn, violated music copyrights by playing songs without a valid licence fro...

BUSINESS NEWS

'Civil partners have no inheritance rights'

The Master of the High Court, Eldard Mutasa, has clarified that civil partners, commonly referred to as mapoto or amapoto unions, are not entitled to inherit from their deceased partners.Mutasa said a...

BUSINESS NEWS

ZICC labels corruption a Human Rights Violation

The Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC) has issued a strong condemnation of corruption in both public and private sectors, describing it as not only a governance failure but a fundamenta...

Magunje cement project accused of rights abuses

The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has issued a scathing report accusing developers of the US$1 billion Magunje cement and mining project of widespread human rights abuses, forced displ...

MINING & RETAIL

Chinese miner in Zimbabwe grave rights abuses storm

The Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has called on the Zimbabwean government to urgently intervene and halt alleged human rights abuses being committed by a Chinese-linked mining company ...

BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange mining concessions, rights taken by outsiders

Shocking revelations have surfaced showing that all mining concessions and rights in Hwange District are held by non-residents, sparking widespread outrage over what critics say is the government's de...

POLITICS

Zimbabwe scores badly on global rights index

 Zimbabwe continues to slide deeper into repression and deprivation, with a damning new report by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) revealing widespread violations of civil, politica...

BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange locals marginalised in coal mining rights

Only three residents from Hwange currently hold mining rights in the coal-rich district of Matabeleland North, raising alarm over the systematic exclusion of locals from the region's lucrative mining ...

POLITICS

Zimbabwe human rights come under spotlight

A HUGE cross-section of speakers will feature in a high-powered human rights discussion forum at stand number 6996, corner Lezard Avenue and Bates Street in Milton Park, Harare tonight.The event, orga...

POLITICS

ZCTU decries 2018 bad human rights record

THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has berated President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration over the surge in human rights violations experienced in the country this year, singling out th...

OPINION

'Zanu-PF committed to human rights'

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who served as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chief elections agent in the July 30 poll, last week met with NewsDay reporter Blessed Mhlanga for an interview where he ...

POLITICS

Prisoners' voting rights: Judge reserves ruling

HIGH Court judge Justice Clement Phiri yesterday reserved judgment in a case where two prisoners sought to be granted the right to vote in the month-end polls.Two jailed MDC-T activists Tungamirai Mad...

POLITICS

'It's time to correct human Zim's rights record'

GLOBAL human rights lobby group, Amnesty International (AI) has called on the Zimbabwean electorate to seize the opportunity availed by the July 30 polls to elect leaders committed to improving the co...

POLITICS

US rights groups jet in for elections

TWO United States-based rights groups, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), have dispatched a joint delegation to assess Zimbabwe' readiness to con...

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa says will protect property rights

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured local and foreign investors that his administration will protect their rights by making conditions conducive for investment.He made the pledge yesterday in Har...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe grants RwandAir fifth freedom rights

Aviation authorities in the country have been applauded for granting fifth freedom rights to RwandAir following the airlines flight route that connects Kigali and Capetown via Harare.The Zimbabwe Tour...

MINING & RETAIL

Blanket Mine shelves rights offer

CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says it has shelved plans to raise capital for its expansion projects at Blanket Mine through rights issue as funds to support such initiatives are coming through the Expo...

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Rights abuses rife on Zimbabwe tobacco farms

Global watchdog Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Zimbabwe to take urgent steps to stem child labour and other rights abuses on the country's tobacco farms.In a report titled "Bitter Harvest", the ...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

RTG rights offer raises $22.5m only

HOSPITALITY concern, Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) has raised $22.5 million through a rights offer and linked debentures to restructure its balance sheet and raise working capital.In January, RTG shareh...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

RTG rights issue partially subscribed

The Rainbow Tourism Group's $22,5 million rights issue has been partially subscribed amid indications that the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) will increase its shareholding in the listed ho...

OPINION

Restore property rights on agric land

Politicians, during recent upbeat and optimistic presentations, have often repeated the statement that Zimbabwe will never go back on land reform. They appear to be suggesting that whatever arguments ...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Rwanda Air granted flight rights to Zimbabwe

Government has granted traffic rights to rising airline, Rwanda Air, to service the Kigali-Harare-Cape Town route.The flights, given on a fifth freedom basis, will commence on May 16, this year.The fr...

BUSINESS NEWS

Kwese TV snubs PSL television rights

ECONET Media has said Kwese TV has not submitted any bid for the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League television rights and declared that it doesn't intend to submit bids anytime in the near future.In a...