HARARE – Zimbabwean towns and villages were bracing for “catastrophic” floods even after forecasters downgraded the cyclone Dineo status to a tropical storm, with heavy winds and rain battering Mozambique’s coastline yesterday. A deluge of up to 200mm of rainfall yesterday lashed Inhambane — 470km northeast of Maputo on the coast of Mozambique — after…
HARARE – There is no solution in sight to the standoff between striking doctors and the government, despite the crass threats of dismissals by panicking authorities. The doctors have been on industrial action since Wednesday, to press the government to honour its promises of improving their working conditions. But stung by the strike, the government…
HARARE – Zanu PF bigwigs say President Robert Mugabe was at his “foxy” best during Wednesday’s heated politburo meeting in Harare — running rings around the ruling party’s two warring factions and apparently leaving both camps “thoroughly confused”. Well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the wily nonagenarian cunningly contrived to lose…
HARARE – US President Donald Trump’s phone call to South Africa President Jacob Zuma highlights neighbouring Zimbabwe’s high political risk and that Washington does not consider President Robert Mugabe a serious factor in Afro-American political and socio-economic relations, opposition and analysts said yesterday. This comes after Trump spoke with Zuma on Monday this week to…
HARARE – Zanu PF must channel the large sums of money budgeted for President Robert Mugabe’s 93rd birthday bash towards rehabilitation of Zimbabwe’s derelict roads, Chitungwiza North MDC MP Godfrey Sithole told the National Assembly. The nonagenarian and scores of guests are expected enjoy the usual unrestrained feasting at the Matobo holiday resort on February…
HARARE – Government has pleaded with teachers to call off a strike planned for next Monday, saying the move will sabotage on-going dialogue. This comes as the Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has advised that its members will down tools over their unpaid 2016 bonuses, despite numerous promises by the authorities. In a…
HARARE – Two vendors brutally assaulted during clashes with the police on Tuesday appeared in court yesterday with visible soft tissue injuries, prompting a magistrate to order investigations into the matter. Fungai Muzira and Godwin Mbizo appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa charged with public violence. They were represented by Liberty Gono of Machaya and…
HARARE – Health minister David Parirenyatwa has said it is not yet time to provide condoms in schools but strengthen sex education. This comes as adolescents have become a key population in the treatment of HIV, as infections are rising among the age group. “We still insist on delaying sexual debut. We are quite conscious that…
MUTARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said projected good harvests will undermine President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF’s capacity to abuse poor rural voters by politicising food aid. Speaking to journalists after meeting church leaders, civic leaders and businesspeople here, the indefatigable opposition leader said while there was fear of intimidation, the ability of rural…
HARARE – Hundreds of doctors yesterday downed tools in a bid to push government to improve their conditions of service. This is the latest time doctors have gone on strike in the protracted dispute over pay and work rules. Several surgical operations have been cancelled as a result of the walkout by medical professionals, though…
