HARARE – Teachers have demanded from the new Primary and Education minister Paul Mavima reinstatement of vacation leave. Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) secretary-general Robson Chere said Mavima’s predecessor Lazarus Dokora had unjustly scrapped vacation leave. Lazarus Dokora “The issue of vacation should be addressed as a matter of urgency,” he said. “Our…
HARARE – Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo — who is in self-imposed exile — has hit back at Media, Information and Broadcasting Services ministry permanent secretary George Charamba after the presidential spokesperson lifted the lid on the real brains behind a legacy institution for former president, Robert Mugabe. Charamba told the Daily…
HARARE – Our senior staff writer Mugove Tafirenyika sits down for an interview with MDC national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: There was talk of an inclusive government prior to the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa following former president Robert Mugabe’s departure. Chris Mutsvangwa, the president’s adviser, told the…
HARARE – Rimuka Post Office in Kadoma is actually operating as an off-counter for the Kadoma Post Office contrary to claims that it has been shut down, the minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Supa Mandiwanzira has said. The minister was responding to a question by Kadoma Zanu PF MP Fani Phiri what…
HARARE – A Zanu PF MP is pushing a new programme through Parliament intended at helping those with criminal records gain employment. Fani Phiri, the Zanu PF MP for Kadoma Central, said government was making it tough for offenders to put their past behind them and the present policies left them vulnerable to discrimination by…
HARARE – Treasury has increased the vote allocation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office by $56 million — in a development analysts say is partly geared towards taking care of the exit packages of deposed former leader Robert Mugabe and former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko. Mugabe is reportedly due for a $10 million windfall as part…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is the fifth among 10 countries surveyed where women endure public harassment ranging from staring, insults and wolf-whistling to being followed, groped or even raped, a survey by the charity ActionAid UK has revealed. The report comes at a time when the world is marking 16 Days of Activism Against Violence of…
HARARE – Government cannot afford to employ teachers for Early Childhood Development (ECD), Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. “Government recognises the complementary role that parents play in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programmes. However, the takeover of management and financing of ECDs is clearly beyond government’s current capacity. “It is proposed that, the pending…
HARARE – Government has decided on a plan of works to restore health centres and major hospitals, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. The government will also construct a number of rural health centres across the country. “The capital expenditure provision of $26,7 million will focus on rehabilitating central, provincial and district hospitals as well…
HARARE – After the budget presentation by Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa that amended the indigenisation law to reassure investors, re-engaged with global lenders and curbed profligate spending — all issues on the top of the opposition wish-list — analysts said the opposition strategists must be scratching their heads. Chinamasa presented on Thursday Zimbabwe’s final budget…

