CIVIL servants stationed in rural areas are set to also benefit from the government’s national housing scheme. The houses will be built for them close to their workplaces, National Housing minister Daniel Garwe has said. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, Garwe said the move was in line with the government’s quest to make sure…
ZANU PF has been forced to postpone President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “Thank You” rally in Mashonaland Central this weekend due to high cholera cases in that province. This comes after authorities had worked hard on bringing the latest cholera outbreak under control — including administering vaccines in hotspots. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF…
PARLIAMENT is pushing for the amendment of the country’s laws to enable the government to issue title deeds to rural dwellers. In a motion on National Assembly order paper, MP for Chipinge South Clifford Hlatywayo said giving title deeds to people in rural communities would change their lives for the better. “Rural communities must be…
CIVIL servants yesterday said their negotiations with the government over salaries are now useless owing primarily to their employer’s alleged intransigence. Speaking to the Daily News, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) secretary-general David Dzatsunga said the volatility of the exchange rate also made their situation worse. “Salary negotiations are becoming useless without…
ACTING Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Welshman Ncube, says the party is stepping up its efforts to end long-running divisions within the country’s opposition. Ncube also told the Daily News at the weekend that although the CCC’s fresh push for national dialogue in the country was in its infancy, he was optimistic that this…
ZANU PF has shown some satisfaction that South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) was now following its footsteps and standing up against the West. Speaking to the media last week, Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said its relationship with other former liberation movements in the region was getting stronger as they understood what Zimbabwe…
THE brutal power cuts of the past few weeks are set to ease after it emerged that Zesa is ramping up its electricity imports from South Africa and Mozambique. In more good news for the utility’s longsuffering customers, Zesa has also managed to bring back online the refurbished Unit 6 at the key Hwange Power…
THE Catholic Church has once again implored Zanu PF and the opposition to show political will so that the longmooted national dialogue can finally take place. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid indications that both Zanu PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are now willing to hold talks, the secretary-general of the…
FORMER Zanu PF youth leader Lewis Matutu is now the party’s Midlands province deputy chairperson after his co-option at the weekend. The province’s acting chairperson Edson Chiherenge was also confirmed as substantive chairperson when the provincial executive council met in Gweru.This comes as a major shake-up is looming in Zanu PF, amid growing calls for…
AUTHORITIES have reiterated that there are no plans to tinker with the country’s Constitution to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in power. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi underlined that extending presidential terms was neither on the agenda of the ruling Zanu PF nor its government. “We don’t…
