HARARE – Parents of children enrolling for Early Childhood Development (ECD) in public schools will have to foot the full bill to do with their offspring’s early education, including paying for teachers’ salaries, after Treasury stopped allocating resources towards this purpose. In the past, government used to meet employment costs for ECD teachers at public…
HARARE – Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has revealed that he was saved by former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace as the army bayed for his blood. Taking to his favourite Twitter account, Moyo posted pictures of his Borrowdale mansion whose floors were blood-stained. He wrote: “Special thanks to president…
HARARE – The net is fast closing in on former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo who is accused of siphoning more than $400 000 from a State-owned enterprise — the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef), the Daily News can report. A week ago, government sent on forced leave Zimdef’s top executives to pave way…
HARARE – Renowned civil society leader, Rashid Mahiya was recently elected as the new chairperson of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) at the just-ended Annual General Meeting held at the Bulawayo Rainbow in Bulawayo. Mahiya, who is the current director of Heal Zimbabwe takes over from Sally Dura. The new executive of CiZC, a…
HARARE – More than a month after a section of the homestead belonging to Johane Masowe Vadzidzi Vajesu Church founder Aaron Mhukuta Gomo was vandalised, government is still to investigate the incident. Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs ministers Martin Dinha told the Daily News yesterday that he was still gathering the facts and would share the…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe’s shadow hung over the Zanu PF’s extra-ordinary congress in the capital on Friday as officials mistakenly chanted praises in his name, although they expelled him. The 37 years of chanting “pamberi naMugabe (forward with Mugabe)” seemed to have been programmed on their tongues as his name bellowed out in…
HARARE – While ladies of the night put on the right makeup, lashes, musk and dresses to entice clients, their counterparts in the political arena use words, and exaggerated loyalty to charm the mighty and powerful. It sounds like fiction that at her peak, former first lady Grace Mugabe’s face was emblazoned on cars of…
HARARE – The campaign to instil a presidential adulation in Zimbabwe has taken many forms ranging from describing former president Robert Mugabe as an angel to the opposition MDC’s “Save chete chete” slogan when referring to its leader Morgan Tsvangirai. While it should be noted that this is a cult that has flourished from the…
HARARE – Consumers have been dealt yet another hammer blow after the price of bread went up by 10 percent yesterday. The sharp rise in the price of bread comes as Zimbabweans are preparing for the festive season, which kicks off this week. In a letter dated December 15, 2017, Innscor Africa Limited, which runs…
HARARE – The Unity Accord of 1987 is posing serious headaches for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who gave himself two days to handpick his two deputies, the Daily News on Sunday can report. This comes amid indications that Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander General Constantino Chiwenga could make history by becoming the first decorated soldier in…
