HARARE – A war of words has erupted between grain millers and bakeries over bread prices. Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairman Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday said it was not appropriate for bakeries to continue importing wheat at a time the country is struggling to secure foreign currency for essential services. “The National Bakers Association…
HARARE – Government is under renewed pressure for trying to illegally amend the Constitution, with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) slamming the attempt as a move to reinstate President Robert Mugabe’s sole discretion of appointing the Chief Justice (CJ). This comes as government is seeking to amend Section 180 of the new charter adopted…
HARARE – Vendors have vowed to stage street protests against the vending ban imposed by government. A taskforce of government ministries, Harare City Council and the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) last week banned the sale of uncooked and cooked food on the streets ostensibly to curb the spread of typhoid. Zimbabwe is scrambling to contain…
HARARE – Two unemployed men allegedly forged Zimbabwe Republic Police identity cards in a well-orchestrated scam to dupe a Harare chicken farmer of $2 275. Nzwananai Zhakata and Knowledge Ncube — who are facing charges of fraud and impersonating police details — appeared in court yesterday. They were not asked to plead when they appeared…
HARARE – As Zanu PF’s “Cupgate” saga, and its deadly tribal, factional and succession wars continue to rage, scores of the ruling party’s officials drawn from the country’s 10 provinces gathered in Harare yesterday to demand a probe into Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Well-placed Zanu PF sources who spoke to the Daily News last night…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says those fighting for change in Zimbabwe must not “betray the people’s wishes and a serious national expectation” by not committing to a grand alliance ahead of the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections. Speaking during a live interview on South African television station ANN7 on Tuesday night, Tsvangirai said the…
HARARE – War collaborators have, in a development similar to the fallout between war veterans and President Robert Mugabe, announced they will not campaign for the increasingly frail nonagenarian in the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national polls. This comes as angry war veterans and re-energised opposition are battering Mugabe and his bitterly-divided Zanu PF, on all fronts….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator has come under fire for hiking mobile data tariffs by over 100 percent, making access to Internet and social media unaffordable for most citizens. Stakeholders described the move as “digital terrorism” and called on the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) to reverse it to conduct further consultations. Yesterday, Potraz…
HARARE – Teachers are planning to stage a go-slow over their bonuses following government’s failure to pay 13th cheques to civil servants, a union has said. The protest, announced yesterday, is on the back of pleas by government that the workers must be patient and avoid industrial action. However, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union (Artuz)…
HARARE – The fraud scandal that prejudiced State-run National Social Security Authority (Nssa) of $8 million has sucked in another former boss. The pension fund’s ex-properties manager, Samuel Chiduza, was dragged to court yesterday facing criminal abuse of office charges. He is accused of misleading Nssa into buying a property at an inflated price. He…
