HARARE – The statement by Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo in which he reportedly said bonuses were not a right for government workers and that some civil servants did not deserve it because they are “drunkards and non-performers” is unfortunate and should not have been said by a Zanu PF minister and a politburo member….
HARARE – As predicted, the worst nightmares of President Robert Mugabe’s warring post-congress Zanu PF are now being confirmed as dozens of the party’s cadres around the country ditch the former liberation movement for former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s People First. High-ranking ruling party officials conceded to the Daily News yesterday that the decision to…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly used a private jet by owned by South African multi-millionaire arms dealer to fly to Dubai for a private meeting with President Robert Mugabe — but he was, however, jettisoned by the ever presence of First Lady Grace Mugabe who allegedly did not give him a chance for…
MUTARE – An opposition legislator has been charged with violent disorder during a demonstration against politicisation of aid in his constituency. Mutasa Central MDC MP Trevor Saruwaka appeared at Rusape Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. Saruwaka is being accused of organising an unsanctioned demonstration in contravention of Section 25 of the draconian Public Order and Security Act…
HARARE – The burglars that broke into Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office presumably on Wednesday night left enough perplexing clues behind to cause some head-scratching about the motive, amid escalating fear it was part of an elaborate plot to bug the offices. In desperation, as investigations hit a dead end, Information minister Chris Mushohwe contrived…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will soon come to the market to seek more funds, through the issuance of treasury bills, aimed at clearing the $1,3 billion central bank debt, businessdaily has learnt. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya said government has already paid over $600 million to creditors since the Debt Assumption Bill was…
HARARE – Sugar producer Tongaat Hullet (Tongaat) has dangled a six percent wage increase for its workers as the company moves to quell a potentially-damaging industrial action that could result in sugar shortages. The group’s corporate affairs and communications manager, Adelaide Chikunguru, yesterday told the businessdaily in a telephone interview that while the workers had…
EDITOR — Many people have lost relatives and friends to HIV and Aids. Some children have lost both parents and it is their grandparents and other relatives who have to take care of them. Back in the 1990s, stigmatisation and discrimination was at its peak and most people did not care to know their status….
HARARE – Zimbabwe prides itself as an agro-based economy, yet lack of investment in the agriculture sector in the past few years exposes government’s double standards. If the Zanu PF-led government has been sincere in its quest for an agricultural revolution when it controversially grabbed farms from white commercial farmers under a chaotic land reform…
HARARE – Yet another break-in has been reported at the offices of embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Justice ministry offices, despite the fact that the complex where the offices are situated has 24-hour police guard. The break-in was discovered on Wednesday morning when staff reported for duty and was believed to have taken place on…
