HARARE – Government has stopped hiring new State workers after struggling to pay its soldiers and teachers on time, with State sector wages gobbling up over 90 percent of revenues collected, a situation that has destabilised the economy, Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira has said. According to the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency 2016 statistics, government…
HARARE – Government has scrapped the special cadetship programme at tertiary institutions because colleges and universities are currently owed $34 million by Treasury, deputy Higher Education minister Godfrey Gandawa has told the National Assembly. He was answering to a question by MDC Bulawayo East legislator Tabitha Khumalo why government had scrapped the cadetship programme that…
HARARE – The government has stepped up its campaign to stop the irregular sale of sex pills and unregistered bedroom performance concoctions in the country. The spokesperson of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), Shingai Gwatidzo, told the Daily News yesterday that the government was worried by the flooding of the black market with…
HARARE – Under-fire police, in a bid to stamp the worsening rot within its ranks, last year suspended 357 officers over misconduct amid growing calls for the revamp of law enforcement system by the restive populace and opposition parties. At the same time, the roadblock saga which has seen police come under heavy criticism from…
HARARE – Disgruntled former freedom fighters yesterday warned President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF “not to commit political suicide” by sidelining the country’s liberation stalwarts as the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections beckon. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), Douglas Mahiya, also…
BULAWAYO – The council here has applied to the Local Government ministry seeking permission to develop land along Victoria Falls road into a low density residential area. The city is currently sitting on a 100 000 housing waiting list. The latest council report indicate that the municipality has already approved plans for the proposed residential…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has fired Prosecutor-General (PG) Johannes Tomana, after he was found guilty of both misconduct and incompetence by a tribunal that was set up by the nonagenarian to determine if he was still fit to continue holding office. Tomana was appointed PG in November 2013, after the functions of the Attorney-General…
MUTARE – A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer on trial over $59 000 theft has been freed on $350 bail after engaging another lawyer. Tsungai Mazani, whose case was thrown into disarray after his lawyer Macleen Mahaso was arrested for failing to renew his practicing licence, was remanded to June 22 for trial by magistrate…
HARARE – As fears of another Zanu PF Bhora Musango in 2018 — internal rebellion by disgruntled Zanu PF officials and supporters — persist within the warring ruling party, President Robert Mugabe is becoming ever more reliant on the youth league, which yesterday said it had the capacity to effectively front the nonagenarian’s re-election bid…
HARARE – At least 45 people were killed, while 30 others were seriously injured when a Zambia-bound bus was involved in a horrendous accident on Wednesday evening. The horrific accident occurred a few weeks after 31 people, mainly cross-border traders, were burnt beyond recognition when a South Africa-bound Proliner bus they were travelling in was…
