MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe yesterday threatened to wield the axe on more MPs and councillors who have continued to defy her leadership by flirting with the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe last month recalled four legislators, Chalton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Prosper Mutseyami (Dangamvura Chikanga), Thabitha Khumalo (proportional…
AT LEAST 2 000 civil servants have been struck off the government’s payroll after failing to comply with the Public Service Commission’s directive to register under the Public Service Biometric Authentication Project (PSBAP). This emerged in a letter by secretary for the Public, Defence, Police and Prisons and Recreational Service Commissions Jonathan Wutawunashe to Primary…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ BOTH political and economic experts have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF to move with urgency to resolve Zimbabwe’s long running political crisis if the deepening local economic rot is to be overcome, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government awarded its workers and pensioners…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO ©️ MORE health workers yesterday went on strike over poor pay and working conditions, the Daily News reports. This saw doctors and nurses in Bulawayo joining the industrial action that began in Harare on Wednesday — badly affecting services at Mpilo Central, Ingutsheni Central and United Bulawayo Hospitals. This comes as…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ CIVIL servants have demanded full United States (US) dollar salaries after the government on Wednesday awarded them a US$75 Covid-19 allowance and a 50 percent salary increment. Workers yesterday told the Daily News they were not consulted on the new salary structure, even though it was part of…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance youth leaders — Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova — have said their arrest over falsifying abduction was meant to cover up their alleged abduction and torture at the hands of suspected security agents, the Daily News reports. This was detailed in a bail…
Blessings Mashaya The Ministry of Health has said Zimbabwe today confirmed 62 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) recording 463 cases to date which include 63 recoveries and four (4) deaths, the Daily News reports. The latest cases were returnees from South Africa (24), United States of America (5), Zambia (4), Botswana (3), Lesotho (2) and 20…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ IN A development which signals the effective and official re-dollarisation of the local economy, under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, yesterday awarded restive government workers and pensioners US dollar allowances, the Daily News reports. The long overdue move comes as the country’s battered economy is fast approaching the horrors…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ AS ZIMBABWE’S political and economic crises continue to deepen, Nelson Chamisa says the ball is in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s court to initiate sincere and inclusive national dialogue to help resolve the country’s myriad challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chamisa’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda also reiterated the MDC Alliance leader’s…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZENGEZA West legislator Job Sikhala, pictured, yesterday came out guns blazing in Parliament demanding Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to provide him with evidence of his involvement in an alleged coup plot. This comes after security chiefs last week named him on a list of people who were…

