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 – Government has given some schools them green light to increase their tuition fees and levies to enable them to survive the harsh economic climate, the Daily News can report. The fee increases, approved on a case-by-case basis, compound pressures on struggling parents and guardians whose earnings are being eroded daily by the rising cost…
HARARE – A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over the education sector, amid fears schools might not open tomorrow after teachers vowed not to report for duty until their employer agrees to pay them in United States dollars (USD). [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – A subsidiary of the National Railways of Zimbabwe is seeking a private partner to operation a cargo handling and storage facility in its dry land port project at Walvis Bay, Namibia. In a notice, Road Motor Services (RMS), which is spearheading the construction of the port in partnership with the Walvis Bay Corridor…
HARARE – Delta corporation Limited (Delta), the country’s biggest supplier of soft drinks and beer, has said shortages of its beverages will persist pending supply of foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). This comes after the maker of Castle Lager, Chibuku sorghum beer and a range of soft drinks last Wednesday announced…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing allegations of allowing his wife Auxilia “to usurp constitutional power”. Analysts said Mnangagwa’s wife has no right to run government, and questioned in what capacity she met striking doctors when she has no constitutional role in the State bureaucracy. Auxillia met with doctors at State House on Friday,…
HARARE – Drug trafficking in Zimbabwe has risen as criminal networks groom mules to smuggle packets of hard drugs into the country, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) and ZRP CID drugs and narcotics squad has said. The smuggling has been blamed for the escalating drug and alcohol abuse among the youths. Speaking at…
