By Ketty Nyoni HARARE City mayor Jacob Mafume has stated that if city fathers are to effectively manage the local authority, they must adapt to a 24-hour work schedule. This comes as the Harare City Council has long been criticised for losing its lustre due to poor service delivery, as evidenced by heaps of uncollected…
BY REGIS CHINGAWO NURSES have accused the government of holding on to their diploma certificates even after completion of their requisite three-year bonding period. This comes as the country’s health sector is battling to curb brain drain that has hit a number of health institutions as nurses quit their jobs for greener pastures in foreign…
By Brendon Josphatjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw ANALYSTS say the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) needs to handle the issue of its legislators taking the controversial US$40 000 housing loans from Parliament with care if it is to avoid further destabilising the fledgling party ahead of next year’s crunch elections. This comes as many of the party’s legislators have…
By Regis Chingawo CIVIL servants are groaning over Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s budget for 2023 which they say will not do much to alleviate their plight and that of vulnerable groups. The complaint came just after the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and the…
By Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZESA has been granted permission to produce 300 megawatts (MW) per day by Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) after Zimbabwe had exhausted its allocated water supplies meant for power generation at the Kariba Power Station. The 300MW is half of what the power station was generating before exhausting its quota.Last week, ZRA ordered…
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE police have expressed concern about the number of minors who have been abused or exposed to gender-based violence (GBV), becoming violent perpetrators, raping and murdering other juveniles. The shocking trend comes at a time Zimbabwe is witnessing an increase in cases of GBV, mostly against minors and women. However, the police…
By Rutendo Ngara THE minister of Lands Anxious Masuka has called on Chiredzi residents, who were relocated after their displacement to pave way for a 3 000-hectare community irrigation scheme, to show appreciation by voting for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next year’s general elections Villagers in the Buffalo Range resettlement scheme in ward 29 in…
FACING impeachment over serious violations of South Africa’s Constitution in the wake of the Phala Phala Farm Scandal, and having lost the political support of the ruling ANC, it was all over bar the shouting for President Cyril Ramaphosa last night. At the same time, political analysts said the findings of the parliamentary panel which…
By Ketty Nyoninyonik@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said white farmers, whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, have agreed to a new financial settlement deal under the Global Compensation Deed with payments expected next year. If the deal sails through, it will bring to closure the negotiations that have been taking…
By Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw POLICE say they are not adequately resourced to conduct their operations optimally ahead of the crunch 2023 national elections. Addressing a post-budget consultative briefing by the Home Affairs parliamentary portfolio committee on Wednesday, deputy police commissioner general Elliot Ngirande bemoaned the limited allocation availed to law enforcement agents in the 2023 National…
