UNIONS have re-ignited their bid to have workers’ salaries paid in United States dollars, following the recent decision by the government to allow oil companies with access to foreign currency to sell fuel in forex, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is escalating its push to have the Zimbabwe dollar as the…
THE Health and Child Care ministry has started distributing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in preparation for the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 2 461 lives and infected 79 930 globally. This comes after Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo recently told the media that should any infections be recorded in Zimbabwe, the…
LACK of confidence in the rule of law and foreign currency exchange rate issues are blocking investors from coming to Zimbabwe, United Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson has said. Writing on her Twitter account, Robinson said that sanctions were not affecting the Zimbabwean economy. “…True for British companies. We have $1,9bn existing investments. But…
PRESSURE group Ibhetshu Likazulu was denied access to a Gukurahundi hot spot, Bhalagwe disused mine in Kezi, Matabeleland South, where it intended to hold a prayer meeting to commemorate youth day. The group had mobilised residents from the local community to hold a prayer meeting inside the memorial site to commemorate youth day which falls…
Ministers are not responding to motions debated in Parliament, Senators have said. After motion is debated in Parliament it will be forwarded to the relevant ministry which is supposed to reply in 21 days but Senators said they are not getting responses to their motions. MDC Senator for Bulawayo Gideon Shoko was the first to…
AS THE MDC cranks up the heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to act on the country’s worsening economic rot, its firebrand deputy national chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, says that he is being trailed by State agents, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as political temperatures are once again rising in…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called for a different approach to tackling the country’s myriad challenges, including the worsening political and economic crises, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as the ZCC and other local church groupings have joined the growing calls for dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader…
WORKERS have said they are now abandoning negotiations with government citing lack of commitment by responsible authorities to address their plight. This comes after the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meeting between labour, business and government held early this month failed to yield any progress in solving the erosion of workers’ salaries and wages. Zimbabwe Congress…
THE government is facing hurdles in its efforts to deal with corruption, despite hoping that the new Money Laundering Act will provide the answers, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told Senators this week. Ziyambi’s sentiments came following MDC Masvingo Senator Tichinani Mavetera’s question whether the government has achieved anything in its anti-corruption fight. “Recently, in the…
POLICE yesterday banned the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC women assembly rally slated for Harare’s Warren Park suburb. In a letter dated February 21, written by the police to the women assembly, the authorities said the MDC application doesn’t meet the requirements of the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act. “The office acknowledges the receipt of your…
