263Chat - Zimbabwean media organisation focused on encouraging & participating in progressive national dialogue

Shabir Madhi, University of the Witwatersrand There isn’t enough clinical research being done in Africa. Less than 2.5% of all clinical trials in the world are done on the continent. This is why South Africa’s involvement in one of the…

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday issued a stern warning to opposition parties who are planning to hold a demonstration on 31 July that they face arrests from the police if they break COVID-19 lockdown regulations. The…

Zanu-PF and the opposition movements are tangled in a war of words regarding the 31 July demonstrations as both disagree on nature and intended outcome of the action. The demonstration is being led by Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader,…

Zimbabwe’s fractious relationship with the international community is the centre of a turned down appeal for a financial rescue package by the Paris Club. In a letter addressed to Mthuli Ncube, the Paris Chairperson of the Paris Club of…

Zimbabwe’s new dispensation agenda to institute political reforms is underpinned by the role of the church to facilitate dialogue among parties, diplomatic and governance experts say. In a study conducted by the South African Institute…

Outspoken, Norton independent legislature Temba Mliswa has endorsed the 31 July demonstration against corruption saying it resonates with he has been pushing for in parliament though he castigated citizens for being passive and reluctant to…

Amnesty International has condemned the use of lockdown regulations by Zimbabwean police to silence health workers and other activists who are legally demonstrating against poor remuneration and poor working conditions. In a statement,…

Outspoken former Zanu PF national youth Commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu has hailed the axing of health minister Obadiah Moyo saying it is a step in the right direction though not enough. In an interview with 263Chat, the firebrand youth…

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) through its wholly owned gold purchasing subsidiary, Fidelity Printers and Refiners has paid part of the debt due to gold producer; Rio Zim but the miner insists the installment is rather “insignificant’.…

COTTON growers have criticised the government for its abrupt ban on bulk mobile money transfers, saying this will derail their operations as payments are now taking longer at a time the rate of inflation is galloping. By Moses Matenga…