Blessings Mashaya PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office says it never got any letters from Nelson Chamisa regarding the mooted national talks, and neither was it aware of emissaries that the MDC Alliance leader sent to the president. “We are not in receipt of any letter from Chamisa at all. We are also not aware of any…
Tamary Chikiwa in Bulawayo THE government plans to get tough on haulage trucks and limit the amount of cargo being freighted on local roads, redirecting it to be ferried by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ). New Transport minister Felix Mhona said the move would help resuscitate NRZ’s fortunes and at the same time decongest local…
Tarisai Machakaire THE United Nations (UN) has partnered with the government to train teachers on open, distance and online learning (ODOL) in a bid to enhance their knowledge and skills on remote teaching methods. This comes after the government launched a e-Learning Passport — a digital learning platform with a library of teaching and learning…
Blessings Mashaya THE government is considering introducing a coupon system to ease congestion at tollgates countrywide This comes as motorists are enduring frustrating delays at tollgates on the national highways as the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) payment systems are usually overwhelmed by the huge traffic. Some of the tollgates are located on stretches of the…
Nyasha Dube STAFF WRITER duben@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Happias Zhou yesterday dismissed an application by businessman and CAPS United president Farai Jere to be removed from remand in a US$3 million tender scam he is currently facing. Jere was arrested in September last year together with ZEDTC engineer Leonard Chisina and Freeman Chikonzo from…
Blessing Masakadza TWO suspected fraudsters, accused of fleecing TM Supermarkets of $22 million in a forgery scam, have been granted $50 000 each. Tonderai Chagweda and Tatenda Jombe were not asked to plead to allegations of fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosa. Prosecutors had opposed their admission to bail saying they would…
Nyasha Dube HIGH Court judge Justice Mary Dube has dismissed an application by the Indigenous Petroleum Association of Zimbabwe (Ipaz) challenging the increase in petroleum procurement licence fees. Ipaz had filed an urgent application seeking a confirmation of an agreed upon provisional order that suspended the conditions of the Licensing of Petroleum Sector Operations Notice…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE woman and her son have appeared in court for allegedly murdering one of her sons before burying him in a shallow grave in their yard. Tracy Samantha Carr allegedly gave her son Norman her registered pistol which was used to shoot and kill Dylan, whom they accused…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MOMENTUM towards national dialogue is gathering pace, with the opposition set to hold nationwide consultations with key stakeholders this weekend on the mooted talks. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Clifford Hlatywayo confirmed that they had deployed people countrywide, to consult on the scope of the planned…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants yesterday rejected the government’s offer to increase their cost of living adjustment by 25 percent during a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting in the capital. Yesterday’s meeting came after civil servants had threatened to down tools over their employers’ “lackadaisical approach” to address their plight. …
