HARARE – Government will continue to train teachers at various tertiary institutions despite its failure to absorb them owing to a recruitment freeze placed by the Public Service Commission. This was revealed by Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira during a question and answer session in the Senate on Thursday. He was responding to…
HARARE – Parliament has given newly-elected Chegutu West Member of Parliament Dexter Nduna the green light to continue his duties as legislator notwithstanding a court challenge to his electoral victory. This was after opposition MDC legislators had sought to have him barred from making contributions in the National Assembly, saying the Electoral Court is still…
HARARE – The Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda will soon write to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking him to reprimand Cabinet ministers who are skipping the question time, scheduled for every Wednesday. Only a few ministers pitched up for the gruelling session on Wednesday, leaving legislators fuming at what they deemed to be “contemptuous…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with the West to lift economic sanctions, as the United States continues to set tough conditions for their removal, the Daily News can report. Giving his inaugural speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Mnangagwa, who is pushing for Zimbabwe’s re-engagement with other nations…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with the West to lift economic sanctions, as the United States continues to set tough conditions for their removal, the Daily News can report. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – St John’s College deputy headmaster Neil Holvemeier who stirred controversy last week after announcing to students that he was gay has resigned from the school. Holvemeier had told cheering students last week that he had been inspired to come out of the shadows and to openly declare his sexual orientation. His confession, which…
HARARE – A human resources executive at NetOne, whose contract was terminated a few months ago, has dragged his employer to court seeking to bar the mobile cellular operator from recruiting someone to fill his position. In the application, Kudakwashe Nyashanu is arguing in the High Court that NetOne should not fill his position pending…
HARARE – At least $10 million has been set aside for the establishment of the first ever medicinal cannabis (mbanje) production facility in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central. Operating under the firm, NIRCAN ZW Limited, a subsidiary of the NIRCOM A.S.I.G, the consortium has already applied to government for a Medical Cannabis Cultivation and Growing Licence for…
HARARE – The European Union (EU) has availed £90 000 humanitarian funding to help control the deadly cholera epidemic, which has killed at least 49 people to date. In a statement yesterday, the EU said the funding is part of its overall contribution to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund of the International Federation of Red…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is locking out defaulting tenants at Matapi flats in Mbare who owe significant amounts in rentals. The tenants have been at loggerheads with council over their failure to pay rent and electricity bills. It was revealed during a 100-day Rapid Results Review workshop held in the capital that…
