HARARE – Buhera South Zanu PF MP Joseph Chinotimba’s bid to become a life president of the Zimbabwe Urban and Rural Council Workers’ Union (ZURCWU) has been challenged by the union’s current executive. In a High Court challenge, the union’s general secretary Bernad Dhanda said Chinotimba was no longer eligible to lead the union as…
HARARE – There is renewed fear among both businesspeople and ordinary Zimbabweans that the country’s economy may soon hit the disastrous lows of 2008 — as bond notes continue to lose their value against the United States dollar, with the coveted greenback now almost completely unavailable on the open market. This comes as economists have…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s cash-strapped government is set to endure yet another torrid time with its workers, with civil servants set to begin their long mooted strike tomorrow over their outstanding 2016 bonuses. This comes as the stone-broke government has been pressured to agree to a raft of demands by striking public health officials,…
HARARE – Public health officials — including doctors and nurses — have called off their crippling strike after reaching an agreement with government on Friday, ending the stand-off which came at huge cost as hundreds of patients died during the chaos which ravaged the State hospitals in the last three weeks. In the agreement it…
HARARE – Pro-democracy activist Linda Masarira was found guilty on Friday on charges of fanning public violence during the July 6, 2016 ‘‘stay away’’ protest movement led by church minister Evan Mawarire. Masarira was convicted by Mbare magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who acquitted four of her co-accused human rights activists for shutting down most businesses, government…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is not rolling out $10 and $20 bond notes currency, central bank governor John Mangudya has said. This comes after the State media claimed government was expected to inject higher denomination bond notes soon. [GoogleAd] The claims were made in a report that came after opposition leader Joice…
HARARE – A Harare-based serial litigant, Ignatius Masamba, pictured below, — who has filed over 22 cases before the High Court — has said he wants to be the country’s next president. Masamba has sued various individuals and organisations over rentals and other issues related to his sister’s Avenues flat in Harare, which he is…
HARARE – The Daily News on Sunday’s Bridget Mananavire spoke to Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president Edgar Munatsi about the ongoing strike by doctors. Q: As a starting point, what really triggered the strike? A: To give you a background of the on-going strike, sometime towards the end of last year, the government…
HARARE – Government must negotiate the Lima deal to avoid a “cliff edge” cash crisis forcing banks to limit amounts to individuals and companies, leading Zimbabwean commercial banks have said. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said he is forging ahead with formal negotiations with international creditors such as the Washington-based World Bank and the Abidjan-based…
HARARE – Zimbabwean police using two-metre-long iron bars bristling with spikes to deflate vehicle tyres in an attempt to stop motorists alleged to have committed a traffic offence risk up to 10 years in jail, legal experts warned yesterday. Zimbabwe in 2004 enacted a criminal law re-enacting Section 18 of the Public Order and Security…
