WORKERS have said they are now abandoning negotiations with government citing lack of commitment by responsible authorities to address their plight. This comes after the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meeting between labour, business and government held early this month failed to yield any progress in solving the erosion of workers’ salaries and wages. Zimbabwe Congress…
THE government is facing hurdles in its efforts to deal with corruption, despite hoping that the new Money Laundering Act will provide the answers, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told Senators this week. Ziyambi’s sentiments came following MDC Masvingo Senator Tichinani Mavetera’s question whether the government has achieved anything in its anti-corruption fight. “Recently, in the…
POLICE yesterday banned the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC women assembly rally slated for Harare’s Warren Park suburb. In a letter dated February 21, written by the police to the women assembly, the authorities said the MDC application doesn’t meet the requirements of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act. “The office acknowledges the receipt of your…
IT SEEMINGLY does not rain but pours for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, with the beleaguered former model now also facing an attempted murder charge in South Africa, the Daily News reports. The move by South African authorities to pursue the case stems from stunning accusations that Marry allegedly wanted to kill her…
A HARARE woman has dragged a medical doctor and a hospital which attended to her when she was pregnant to the High Court demanding $400 000, after the physician removed her uterus without her consent. Nyasha Chiweshere is now demanding compensation from the medical practitioner, only identified in court papers as A Marume, and Queen…
A HARARE man who slid his cell phone into the skirt of a female passenger who was standing beside him in a packed Zupco bus — recording videos of her underwear — has been charged with indecent assault. Lovemore Phiri, 32, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa and…
THREE police officers allegedly pounced on a gold trader and robbed him of US$10 000 worth of property during a stage-managed arrest. Happymore Gwande, 35, who is stationed at Nyabira Police Station allegedly connived with Ronald Masendeke, 29, and Mupfugami Govai, 35, who are members of the Police Intelligence Unit before they roped in Tozivepi…
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe’s 2019 final year medical students, who were supposed to be deployed as junior doctors in the country’s public hospitals, are yet to write final examinations which were due last December. As part of their degree programme, the final year medical students are supposed to carry out practical examinations in public hospitals. The…
AUTHORITIES say people should not panic over the decision to allow fuel companies with free funds to import and sell petrol and diesel in foreign currency — as this is part of measures needed to stabilise the Zimbabwe dollar, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is experiencing acute shortages of both petrol…
POLICE have arrested 50 illegal miners in Esigodini as the fight to end violence in the mining areas intensifies. Police launched Operation “Chikorokoza Ngachipere”, and “No to machete-wielding gangs” on January 14 and the operation has netted in more than 3 000 illegal miners from across the country. The operation was launched at a time…
