LABOUR unions have called for an all-stakeholders meeting in a bid to find ways of mitigating the plight of workers in the face of rising prices of basic goods. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, union leaders said such a meeting was crucial to prevent a “looming social crisis” as a result of…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa and Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE is facing a fresh cholera outbreak, which has seen at least 126 people in the country recently losing their lives to the dangerous diarrhoeal illness. This has resulted in authorities scrambling to stop the disease — which has mainly hit Harare, Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland West — from…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF has directed its 73 parliamentary candidates who did not succeed in the August 23-24 general elections to return campaign vehicles the party gave them. This comes after the ruling party distributed vehicles to its 210 parliamentary candidates to prepare for the poll and to enhance its visibility around the country.In…
THE trial of jailed socialite Felistas Murata – better known as Mai Titi – on a fraud charge has been postponed to October 6 to allow the State to subpoena its witnesses. The matter was supposed to commence last Friday before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, but was postponed to Friday. “The State is applying for this…
THREE suspected armed robbers, who were believed to be involved in the US$2.7 million ZB Bank armoured truck heist that occurred in 2021 have been found guilty, while four other accused persons have been acquitted. The mastermind, Shadreck Njowa, together with Tendai Zuze and Neverson Mwamuka were convicted by Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa on Friday…
THE government is considering legislating for a cap on amounts that medical aid societies can use for overheads to ensure a large…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AUTHORITIES will introduce further fiscal and monetary policy measures to stabilise prices of basic goods and the Zimbabwe dollar, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday last week, Ncube confirmed that Treasury would move to shore up the current relative economic stability in…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out any possibility that the country will have a Government of Nation Unity, as Zanu PF won last month’s general elections ‘resoundingly’. Addressing a session of the party’s central committee after the August 23–24 polls in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said those pushing for a GNU were daydreaming…
ZANU PF is eyeing winning the by-election to be held in Gutu West constituency in Masvingo Province on November 11 this year. This comes as the parliamentary poll in the constituency could not be held simultaneously with the August 23 harmonised elections following the death of independent candidate Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi, whose name had been…
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