HARARE – Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has described as fake news claims that the army has proscribed demonstrations until further notice because of worry about the escalating tension between the ruling party and the opposition. MDC Senator Lilian Timveos had said she had seen a circular on WhatsApp written by the Zimbabwean Army banning demonstrations….
HARARE – Children born outside the country should not pay anything to get birth certificates, deputy Home Affairs minister Obedingwa Mguni has told the Senate. Mguni was responding to MDC Emganwini Senator Siphiwe Ncube who had said people with children born outside the country were being asked to pay $50 by the Registrar-General (RG)’s office….
HARARE – Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has instructed schools to set up point-of-sale swipe machines to allow parents to pay fees using debit cards. This could bring brief relief to parents struggling to pay fees amid crippling cash shortages. Responding to a question by Mount Darwin Senator Alice Chimbudzi on what government…
HARARE – Harare Municipal Workers Union (HMWU) has accused council management of being confused over its mooted retrenchment exercise, HMWU executive chairperson Cosmas Bungu has said. This comes after acting town clerk Josephine Ncube hinted that the city was mulling reducing employment costs. Bungu told the Daily News: “It is shocking that at the same…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is facing an uncertain political future, has received backing from the unlikeliest source, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s top advisor Jameson Timba — a former Cabinet minister — wrote on his Facebook page that the vice president has a well thought response…
HARARE – National Vendors Union Zimbabwe chairperson Sten Zvorwadza (pictured) has said President Robert Mugabe is “daydreaming” in his bid to ban street vending. Zvorwadza told the Daily News yesterday that they will not listen to Mugabe. “As the informal sector, we will not listen to such nonsense; we are going to stay in the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is seen prising Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of the Justice ministry but let him retain the vice presidency in his mooted Cabinet reshuffle, analysts said yesterday. Mugabe told a meeting of the ruling Zanu PF youth wing in Harare on Saturday that there might be some changes in government…
HARARE – Top government officials and other high-ranking Zimbabwean citizens have been fingered in murky dealings involving a convict who acted as a middleman for American businesses in a development that has exposed how the well-heeled in Zanu PF are making a killing through influence peddling, the Daily News can report. The exposé burst into…
HARARE – Japan will continue to support demining activities in the country towards the goal of achieving a landmine-free Zimbabwe by 2025, its envoy has said. Speaking during an occasion to mark the completion for The Project for Mine Clearance in Mashonaland Central Province on Thursday, Ambassador Toshiyuki Iwado pledged to push Tokyo to stay…
HARARE – As we fast approach next year’s crucial elections, political analysts are already working on possible scenarios that might emerge before, during and after the plebiscite. While it is difficult to tell with certainty how the situation could pan out in the coming months given that a day in the life of a politician…
