HARARE – Ordinarily, we don’t bother to expend our energy and write leaders on the crass opinions of social media fleas, as well as those of twopenny-halfpenny so-called critics, and would-be competitors of the Daily News and the Daily News on Sunday. After all, we recognise, as the Shona saying goes, that “ane bhora ndiye…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s clueless government continues to blow billions of “fictional” dollars that it does not have — on trinkets and its bloated workforce — experts have issued a fresh warning that the country is heading for an economic disaster of epic proportions, akin to the 2008 meltdown. This comes as President Robert Mugabe’s…
HARARE – A day after President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke government reached a compromise with angry civil servants over their outstanding 2016 bonuses, the State is facing a fresh headache after rural teachers threatened to strike over the decision to pay soldiers their 13th cheque ahead of other government workers. In the bonus agreement reached on…
HARARE – Government has reduced mandatory petrol blending from 15 percent to five percent due to ethanol shortages. Authorities imposed mandatory blending, which was increased to 15 percent from 10 percent in 2015, in a move targeted at reducing the country’s fuel import bill — around $45 million per month. Energy minister Samuel Undenge said…
HARARE – Government has imposed three more months of internship for junior doctors who were on strike for the past three weeks. In a March 6, 2017 letter to all hospital chief executives, Health ministry secretary Gerald Gwinji said all doctors who were away for 14 days-plus will have to do three more months of…
HARARE – The United Kingdom House of Commons has said it was deeply concerned by lack of electoral reforms in preparations for Zimbabwe’s key 2018 general poll and called on the government to ensure the vote is peaceful, fair and credible. Responding to a question from Jim Shannon, the shadow Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) spokesperson…
HARARE – A magistrate yesterday ruled that pro-democracy activist Linda Masarira — convicted on charges of fanning public violence during the July 6, 2016 ‘‘stay away’’ protest movement led by church minister Evan Mawarire — must complete 385 hours of community service. Masarira was initially sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment by Mbare magistrate Stanford Mambanje…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) has partly blamed power utility Zesa Holdings for the city’s myriad of defective traffic lights. This comes as countless faulty traffic lights have become a menace, causing scores of accidents and unnecessary traffic jams across the capital. A survey carried out by the Daily News showed that most…
HARARE – Police have blocked a march called to commemorate the disappearance of anti-President Robert Mugabe activist Itai Dzamara scheduled to be held in Harare’s central business district (CBD) tomorrow. Itai’s younger brother, Patson, told the Daily News yesterday that the police advised them to hold the commemoration at Freedom Square — an open space…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s must brace for more flash floods as heavy rains are set to continue in some parts of the country in the coming weeks, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned. “Flooding remains a threat,” the department said in an alert issued yesterday. It further cautioned that “motorists are advised not to park…
