MUTARE – A Dangamvura man has been fined $20 for indecent assault after calling a 13-year-old-girl ‘‘Kanjiva’’ in reference to a popular Zimdancehall song by the same title. Godwin Dzimbasekwa, 32, of Dangamvura, Mutare was convicted on his own plea of guilty by magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He, however, denied the other charge in which he…
HARARE – In one of its rare sittings, last week legislators held a marathon 12-hour National Budget debate on Thursday as they could only adjourn sitting early Friday morning. The National Assembly usually starts around 14:00 hours before adjourning around 17:00 hours but for Thursday it was business unusual as the august house adjourned around…
HARARE – Troubled escalating deductions on their payslips in an unfavourable economic environment, teachers have handed President Emmerson Mnangagwa a list of 16 loan sharks whom they allege are swindling them. In their written submissions, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) led by Takavafira Zhou last week alleged that there might be some government…
HARARE – Three young Zimbabweans — Shantel Marekera, Itai Muzhingi and Tatenda Magetsi — will study at Oxford University next year under the 2019 Zimbabwe Rhodes Scholarship. The scholarship fund, which covers tuition and living expenses in Oxford, selected the three from a shortlist of eight. The other students on the shortlist considered by the…
HARARE – All Zimbabwean medical aid societies must introduce real time payments before the end of the first quarter next year, Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo has said. Moyo has already communicated this position to all medical aid societies. “The vision and mission for government is for all medical aid societies to introduce…
HARARE – The National Assembly is hardly the place you would picture participants being dressed down for not dressing appropriately, but opposition legislators Job Sikhala and Trevor Saruwaka have had their bad days for getting on the wrong side of parliamentary fashion police. Last week, MDC Member of Parliament for Zengeza West Job Sikhala was…
HARARE – As Zimbabweans wake up tomorrow to celebrate the traditional Christmas Day, will the day be same as in past year? The Daily News’ Jeffrey Muvundusi and Pauline Hurungudo spoke to some Zimbabweans about this year’s Christmas. Junior Bhosha (65) – Murehwa Things are hard and only God is keeping us. Zimbabwe has shown…
HARARE – With two 20-litre jerry cans filled with petrol, Musa ducks traffic along Samora Machel Avenue, one of the biggest roads in Harare’s central business district. He gets into his battered truck and zig-zags his way to somewhere before he re-merges a few minutes later with nothing in his containers. Musa is one of…
HARARE – Calls for equipping the girl child with educational skills have been growing louder across the world with Zimbabwe being one of the countries to partake in the ‘‘every girl child in school campaign.’’ This development has seen most girls attaining tertiary education with greater hopes that the education will uproot them from poverty…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it is deeply concerned with deteriorating state of the country’s economy that has seen inflation galloping to over 30 percent causing serious suffering among Zimbabweans. ZCTU secretary general Japhet Moyo said since the announcement of both fiscal and monetary policies by authorities in October and November…
