THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has reached out to the sparsely-populated and marginalised San community in Tsholotsho, as the organisation starts the mapping and household listing exercise ahead of next year’s population census. This comes as the government last week announced that the head counting exercise will commence in April next year with results…
SUSPENDED Harare City Council (HCC) housing allocations officer Aaron Tayerera is back in court facing fresh charges of corruptly allocating residential stands to undeserving beneficiaries, prejudicing the local authority of over US$300 000. Tayerera was not asked to plead to the charges yesterday when he appeared before regional magistrate Esthere Chivasa, who freed him on…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has launched a fresh bid to block Chief Justice Luke Malaba from continuing with his term of office after filing another application seeking the implementation of a recent High Court judgment nixing his tenure extension. In the fresh urgent chamber application filed last Friday with the High Court, the…
POLICE say they will descend heavily on members of the public, bottle stores, bars and other businesses which violate the country’s recently-revised Covid-19 regulations. This comes after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Zimbabwe’s Health minister, announced new strict Covid-19 measures on Saturday, after the government noticed rising complacency among citizens. National police spokesperson,…
THE government is pushing back calls by opposition parties and pro-democracy groups for the country to institute electoral reforms ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi described the push as mere “politicking” — adding that authorities had come to expect this “clamour for electoral reforms…
LEGISLATORS have implored the government to review tuition fees for tertiary education institutions downwards so they remain affordable for all learners despite their backgrounds. This comes after the Student Representative Councils (SRCs) of tertiary education institutions petitioned the parliamentary portfolio committee on Higher and Tertiary Education pleading for a 50 percent reduction of fees. Learners…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has finally been given the green light by the Local Government ministry to fill all its vacant staff posts. Service delivery in the city has been greatly crippled as BCC had at least 1 341 vacant staff posts, especially in the health department where workers were resigning en masse for greener pastures…
By Loyd Matare and Blessings Mashaya HEALTH experts have implored Zimbabweans not to let their guard down against the resurgent coronavirus pandemic, warning further that disregarding the disease’s public management measures would lead to more fatalities in the coming weeks. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded 26 deaths in the last week alone — prompting authorities…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, in Harare on Friday, where he presented his proposals for the much-talked about national dialogue. Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd Damba confirmed to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday that his boss had indeed met both Mnangagwa and Chiwenga to discuss the country’s…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA & LOYD MATARE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday described the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance as a terrorist organisation bent on causing divisions and anarchy in the country. Speaking during the launch of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Economic Empowerment Programmes and vetting exercise in the capital, Mnangagwa said the ruling party must defend the…
