HARARE – Fuel prices have slightly gone down despite persistent shortages being experienced throughout the country. Diesel was previously $1,34 per litre and is now at $1,25 while petrol which was $1,38 now costs $1,32 per litre. The free on board (FOB) charge for diesel is 0,5434 per litre while petrol is 0,4726. In a…
HARARE – Election Resource Centre (ERC) says it has started following up on the Executive, Parliament, the electoral commission, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation and traditional leaders to check on efforts being made to address the electoral inadequacies noted in observer reports from the 2018 elections. “With by-elections already being rolled out, the next being on…
HARARE – At least nine members of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Unions of Zimbabwe (Artuz) were yesterday arrested by the police before being released while demonstrating against government’s failure to pay them in United States dollars (USDs). Artuz secretary-general Robson Chere confirmed the incident soon after they were released without charge. “We were arrested and…
BULAWAYO – The minister of State for Midlands Province Larry Mavhima is being sued for alleged libellous statements he made against a local property development firm. According to court papers, Mavhima was reportedly interviewed by a local newspaper on December 2, 2018 where he made remarks perceived to be defamatory and damaging to the company….
HARARE – Neither the ruling party nor President Emmerson Mnangagwa are to blame for the country’s economic woes that are giving rise to labour unrests, Zanu PF’s information tsar said yesterday. “This is not about a Zanu PF or government issue alone. It is about all Zimbabweans having to put our heads together to get…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s legal team is yet to come up with the bill of costs in the presidential suit they won at the Constitutional Court in August last year against Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa. In an interview with the Daily News this week, team leader Canaan Dube of Dube, Manikai and…
HARARE – A showdown is looming between the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) after the youth wing of the country’s biggest opposition political party resolved to conduct massive protests against government without first notifying the police. The notorious Public Order and Security Act (Posa) makes it a requirement for the ZRP…
HARARE – Talk between government and its employees produced nothing tangible yesterday, heightening tensions between the two sides. After a marathon meeting called by government yesterday to calm restive unions arguing for better pay and improved working conditions, civil servants were left to fight another day. Members of the Apex Council — the voice of…
HARARE – Talks between government and its employees produced nothing tangible yesterday, heightening tensions between the two sides. After a marathon meeting called by government yesterday to calm restive unions arguing for better pay and improved working conditions, civil servants were left to fight another day. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called on the electoral authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to release results of the just-ended presidential election in that country. Kinshasa has delayed the announcement of preliminary results from the crucial presidential election, amid growing pressure from world powers and the influential Catholic Church to…
