THE government says almost all teachers who went on strike since schools opened last month are back at work and that their salaries plight was now a closed chapter. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, deputy Education minister, Edgar Moyo said the government had solved the teachers’ concerns and the situation is now normal in…
THE newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party wants neighbouring South Africa to once again take a leading role in mediating Zimbabwe’s decades-long political crisis. Speaking during an online discussion on Wednesday on the political situation in the country, one of the CCC’s interim vice presidents, Tendai Biti, said South Africa and President Cyril Ramaphosa…
AUTHORITIES have promised to end the challenges that Zimbabweans are enduring in trying to acquire national identity cards and birth certificates. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the current crisis had been caused by shortages of consumables used in producing national IDs. In the case of birth certificates, he said…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday said next month’s census is aimed at alleviating poverty as it will give the government statistics on schools dropouts, housing characteristics and living conditions. Launching a 50 days countdown to the 2022 population and housing census scheduled to take place between April 21 and 30, Mnangagwa yesterday said the government would…
POLITICAL analysts say the “predictable” current political violence afflicting the country only serves to confirm that inclusive dialogue is the only way out for Zimbabwe at the moment. In addition, they say, the long-mooted national talks should pave the way for another government of national unity (GNU) in the country — like what happened in 2009,…
THE investigating officer in a case in which former Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye is accused of defrauding home seekers of over US$38 000 has said the police have little evidence to sustain a case against her. She is alleged to have defrauded Shingiriro Housing Cooperative of US$38 500 after misrepresenting that she owned land…
THE country’s major political players have welcomed moves by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to diffuse rising tensions in the country ahead of this month’s by-elections. This comes as police have moved swiftly to arrest many of the thugs who disrupted a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally in Kwekwe at the weekend,…
LEGISLATORS want the country’s former colonial master, Britain, to pay reparations for the loss Zimbabwe incurred when it was under foreign rule. Raising a motion in the National Assembly on Thursday, Zanu PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi said Zimbabweans needed to be compensated, particularly because their forefathers had been disposed of their assets. “This disadvantaged…
HEALTH workers have declared incapacitation and accused the government of reluctance in improving their conditions of service, including the demand for an increase in their Covid-19 risk allowances, among others. In a letter dated February 18 to the Health Service Board (HSB) acting executive director, Angelbert Mbengwa, Health Apex Council team leader Tapiwanashe Kusotera said…
THE battle for supremacy in the hugely-significant March by-elections is hotting up, with the Midlands playing host to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa this weekend. This prompted police to warn yesterday that they would be deploying large teams in the province as from today, in a bid to try and ensure that the…
