Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants are dismayed at the current absence of dialogue with the government on the urgent matter of employee welfare in spite of the deepening erosion of incomes due to unrelenting inflation. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube early this month said negotiations with civil servants were currently underway, adding that…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FOUR Harare City councillors, who are in court on allegations of allocating stands to several companies without following procedures, will know their fate regarding pre-trial freedom today. Lovemore Makuwerere, Hammy Madzingira, Anthony Shingadeya and Costa Mande yesterday made their application for bail before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. The State…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE son of High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, Munyaradzi, who is accused of killing a cellphone dealer in Harare early this year, is contesting having his blood samples taken for comparison with his blood-stained clothes recovered during the murder investigations. This is part of efforts by the Zimbabwe Republic…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw POLITICAL tensions continue to escalate in the country, with a bristling President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing some local churches yesterday of advancing a dangerous agenda against the government, the Daily News reports. In addition, Mnangagwa also challenged church leaders whom he said might be harbouring political ambitions to formally swap…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw AMID the escalating dysfunction within the public health sector, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — the country’s new Health minister — has come up with a new restructuring strategy aimed at reviving the system, the Daily News reports. Among his top priorities, it has emerged, is to ensure that striking…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s politburo yesterday dismissed as malicious claims by Catholic bishops in the country that the government was carrying out human rights abuses and instilling fear among the populace, the Daily News reports. This comes as the bishops issued a pastoral letter last week, saying the country, under President…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw EDUCATORS have warned government against going ahead with plans for students to sit for the November and December public examinations this year despite learners having only attended school for just three months as this compromises the quality of the country’s education system. This comes as the government recently…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw A TOTAL of 2 250 households in Beitbridge are receiving supplementary subsidised livestock feed from the Programme for Growth and Resilience (Progress), the Daily News reports. The programme — under the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) — comes in the wake of the drought being experienced in the country….
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is set to continue playing an advisory role in efforts to help Mozambique fight terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the northern parts of the country, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, pictured, has said. This comes as Mozambique recently assumed the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairmanship during the…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw SEVEN Zanu PF politburo members yesterday failed to attend its meeting at the ruling party headquarters in Harare as they are not feeling well. In his opening remarks at the meeting, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the seven party bigwigs had asked for leave of absence because they were not…

