Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw AMID the escalating dysfunction within the public health sector, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — the country’s new Health minister — has come up with a new restructuring strategy aimed at reviving the system, the Daily News reports. Among his top priorities, it has emerged, is to ensure that striking…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s politburo yesterday dismissed as malicious claims by Catholic bishops in the country that the government was carrying out human rights abuses and instilling fear among the populace, the Daily News reports. This comes as the bishops issued a pastoral letter last week, saying the country, under President…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw EDUCATORS have warned government against going ahead with plans for students to sit for the November and December public examinations this year despite learners having only attended school for just three months as this compromises the quality of the country’s education system. This comes as the government recently…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FORTHRIGHT Zanu PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, pictured, has once again warned that only dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition will save the country from plunging into civil strife and total implosion. Speaking to the Daily News in another exclusive interview yesterday, the…
ZIMBABWE is reeling from power cuts again, following a breakdown at two of its creaky power generation units at Kariba and Hwange, the Daily News reports. This comes as one of Zimbabwe’s main sources of power, Eskom of South Africa, is experiencing major shortages of its own — to the consternation of both ordinary consumers…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has loosened coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown regulations to allow immigrants who are polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-negative on arrival to quarantine at home and also reviewed the curfew to start from 8pm to 6am with immediate effect, the Daily News reports. As of Monday, the country had recorded 5…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co Government has to take immediate action and support the inception of national dialogue to address the country’s mounting woes, a social movement, Citizens Manifesto, has said. This comes as the country has come under international scrutiny over alleged human rights abuses with various international players, including the United Nations…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE MDC Alliance is hopeful that South African envoys will be able to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF to finally hold much-needed dialogue with the opposition and other key stakeholders to end Zimbabwe’s decades-old political crisis, the Daily News reports. So hopeful is the Alliance, that…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw DOCTORS and nurses are disappointed that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — the new minister of Health and Child Care — is yet to meet them to end their industrial action, the Daily News reports. In addition, they say both Chiwenga and new Health permanent secretary, Jasper Chimedza, are taking…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in the new Energy minister, Soda Zhemu and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka, who immediately indicated that they were ready to improve the energy and agricultural sectors respectively, the Daily News reports. Zhemu, a relatively unknown Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Muzarabani North, replaced…
