HARARE – Despite the fact that millions of Zimbabweans are trapped in abject poverty, Zanu PF is going on a spending spree ahead of the 2018 polls to ensure its campaign machinery is well-oiled to face a tricky opposition that appears likely to rally behind one presidential candidate to face President Robert Mugabe. The Daily…
HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe, who is facing mounting legal troubles in neighbouring South Africa, opted to stay at home this time around and did not accompany her husband President Robert Mugabe to Pretoria where he will be co-chairing the bi-national commission with his counterpart from the rainbow nation, Jacob Zuma. Grace is facing…
HARARE – Minimum pension pay-outs for National Social Security Authority (Nssa) pensioners have been increased by 33,3 percent, with effect from the October 1. This means that pensioners who were receiving the minimum monthly pay out of $60 will now receive $80, when pensions are paid out next week. The authority will only pay out…
POLICE on Saturday dispersed a rally that was being addressed by MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe at her rural home in Siganda, Bubi. Khupe — who is at loggerheads with her principal Morgan Tsvangirai over an alliance deal inked by leaders of seven opposition parties, including the MDC on August 5 — was in…
HARARE – A 60-year-old Epworth man was jailed for 10 years yesterday for contravening the Electricity Act. Alson Shoko was represented by Gift Mtisi when he appeared before Harare magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta. Sabarauta jailed Shoko to the mandatory 10 years after he failed to proffer special circumstances that would enable a lighter sentence. The complainant…
HARARE – Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister Christopher Mushohwe yesterday condemned the assault by police of two Daily News journalists who were covering a demonstration that rocked parts of Harare’s central business district on Friday. Mugove Tafirenyika, a senior reporter for the leading independent daily and photojournalist Brighton Goko, were left for dead after…
HARARE – Plans by a Bulawayo-based company, Battlefront Investments, to construct a $150 000 specialised state-of-the-art donkey abattoir risks slashing Zimbabwe’s donkey population by 21 000 annually. In a joint statement by Aware Trust Zimbabwe, Spana, ZNSPCA, VAWZ and Lupane Youth for Development Trust, the groups said the plans to set up an abattoir with…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has reduced the number of roadblocks on highways, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has told the Senate. “As policy makers, we sat down together with the police and we established legislation that there should be four roadblocks per province. We are talking about roadblocks with each and every equipment and material…
HARARE – Salaries are being badly eroded in values due to devastating inflation, which has soared to 242 percent, according to a leading economist Steve Hanke. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo told the Daily News yesterday that the high level of inflation means most workers’ wages will not go as far…
HARARE – Doctors are refusing to take up a job at Mberengwa District Hospital because of lack of accommodation, Health and Child Care deputy minister Aldrin Musiiwa has told the National Assembly. This was after Mberengwa North MP Tafanana Zhou asked the deputy minister to inform the House when Mberengwa District Hospital will have an…
