TEACHERS say the government should call for an all-stakeholders urgent indaba to deliberate on the way forward towards the reopening of learning institutions in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter dated August 6 to Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said there was…

IN A development which could have a significant bearing on Zimbabwe’s re-engagement efforts with Western powers, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been invited to attend this year’s Climate Change Conference that is set for Britain at the end of October. Mnangagwa’s pending visit to the United Kingdom will be the first by a sitting Zimbabwean leader…

GOVERNMENT has given churches the green light to congregate only for people who have been fully vaccinated, as the country has witnessed a decrease in Covid-19 cases in the past few days. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, told a post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday that the churches should, however, follow the Covid-19 regulations. “Cabinet wishes to…

MDC president Douglas Mwonzora has threatened to recall corrupt, errant councillors and legislators in Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance camp in his quest…

ORGANISED business says it is broadly supportive of the idea of mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for workers to save both lives and jobs. However, it has also cautioned that companies keen on putting this into action, need to do that within the confines of the law. This comes as authorities are under growing pressure to ease…

ZANU PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi insists Parliament is on the right track in terms of implementing political and economic reforms despite critics who are saying the ruling party is not eager for transformation.  This comes as the United States (US), the United Kingdom and their Western allies have argued that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has…

THE government has asserted that whether the country’s mooted national talks take off or not, Zimbabwe will hold the 2023 elections as scheduled. At the same time, the country’s deeply-divided opposition has started holding talks aimed at healing its rifts ahead of the fast-approaching polls. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Justice minister…

MDC boss Douglas Mwonzora, has launched an ambitious bid to unite the country’s brawling opposition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. Apart from wanting to heal the opposition’s senseless divisions, Mwonzora is also seeking to have consensus with his rivals on fielding one presidential candidate and agreed parliamentary candidates in the polls that are…

EXPELLED Zanu PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has advised MDC Alliance boss Nelson Chamisa that he risks being left politically isolated if he does not join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform immediately. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the forthright and hard-nosed Tsenengamu said Polad offered Chamisa an opportunity to be part of the much-talked about…