HARARE – Local Government minister July Moyo has said the coronation of Ndebele King Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo is illegal, as there is no provision for a king in Zimbabwe’s Constitution. Speaking in the Senate last week, Moyo said only chiefs were recognised in the new Constitution. This comes as High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese…
HARARE – A youth umbrella body has launched an audacious bid to collect 500 000 signatures in a bid to petition Parliament to review the age limit required for them to assume public office. According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the minimum age for one to be a councillor or member of the National…
HARARE – Computers donated by deposed Robert Mugabe to promote E-learning are still lying idle at various schools because the institutions do not have electricity, Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira has revealed. Mandiwanzira, who graced most of the occasions when Mugabe donated the gadgetry, revealed this in the National Assembly last week after he…
HARARE – Doctors have come under siege from nurses and environmental health practitioners (EHP) in hearings of the Public Health Act (Amendment) Bill, with the latter two arguing they perform more duties but are not recognised in managerial positions. In public hearings heard across the country to update the Act to current trends, nurses and…
HARARE – Local Government minister July Moyo has slammed councils, accusing them of misappropriating road levies they received from Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) by diverting the funds to paying salaries. He told Senators on Thursday: “Government created a levy after noticing that anybody who travels on these roads is destroying the roads. Hence, there…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is accusing apostolic church sects of invading the local authority’s suburban parks by illegally worshiping in recreational spaces. According to HCC’s environmental management committee latest minutes, the churches are mostly invading parks in high density suburbs. The concern comes as the council banned open-air worship without permit. The…
HARARE – The current strike by senior medical personnel at public hospitals has seriously affected the country’s public health institutions forcing Parirenyatwa and Harare Central hospitals to suspend a number of services due to the absence of essential medical staff. “The Senior Resident Medical Officers (SRMOs) have gone on industrial action. The division of paediatrics…
HARARE – There are growing worries within the MDC that the party is close to completely scuttling its electoral prospects in this year’s crunch national elections – amid revelations that the camp loyal to under-fire vice president Thokozani Khupe may be planning to boot out of the party newly-installed leader, Nelson Chamisa. This comes as…
HARARE – A deal has been put on the table to end the bickering between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, as the ruling Zanu PF party races against time to end internal discord before harmonised elections to be held by July 31, the Daily News can report. Mugabe, 94, a stubborn but…
HARARE – A deal has been put on the table to end the bickering between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, as the ruling Zanu PF party races against time to end internal discord before harmonised elections to be held by July 31. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
