HARARE – Treasury has increased the vote allocation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office by $56 million — in a development analysts say is partly geared towards taking care of the exit packages of deposed former leader Robert Mugabe and former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko. Mugabe is reportedly due for a $10 million windfall as part…
HARARE – A Zanu PF MP is pushing a new programme through Parliament intended at helping those with criminal records gain employment. Fani Phiri, the Zanu PF MP for Kadoma Central, said government was making it tough for offenders to put their past behind them and the present policies left them vulnerable to discrimination by…
HARARE – Rimuka Post Office in Kadoma is actually operating as an off-counter for the Kadoma Post Office contrary to claims that it has been shut down, the minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Supa Mandiwanzira has said. The minister was responding to a question by Kadoma Zanu PF MP Fani Phiri what…
HARARE – Our senior staff writer Mugove Tafirenyika sits down for an interview with MDC national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: There was talk of an inclusive government prior to the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa following former president Robert Mugabe’s departure. Chris Mutsvangwa, the president’s adviser, told the…
HARARE – Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo — who is in self-imposed exile — has hit back at Media, Information and Broadcasting Services ministry permanent secretary George Charamba after the presidential spokesperson lifted the lid on the real brains behind a legacy institution for former president, Robert Mugabe. Charamba told the Daily…
HARARE – Teachers have demanded from the new Primary and Education minister Paul Mavima reinstatement of vacation leave. Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) secretary-general Robson Chere said Mavima’s predecessor Lazarus Dokora had unjustly scrapped vacation leave. Lazarus Dokora “The issue of vacation should be addressed as a matter of urgency,” he said. “Our…
NORTON – Norton Residence Development Trust (NRDT) will today stage a protest against the Precious Mufahore-led Norton Town Council (NTC) dubbed “Operation Restore Legacy.” It is just the latest in a series of protests to rock the town amid accusations and counter-accusations. Today’s protest – under the banner of NRDT— was organised by the local…
HARARE – As an avid follower of football I have been noting with interest the developments that are unfolding at the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). It appears the same old voices that cause problems whenever elections are looming at Zifa have come out of hibernation and spiritedly so. But what worries me most is that…
HARARE – Dynamos skipper Ocean Mushure could not hide his disappointment after missing out on the biggest individual accolade in the land after he was voted second-runner up at the Soccer Stars of the Year Awards held in the capital on Friday night. Mushure had an outstanding season with the Glamour Boys, skippering a relatively…
HARARE – FC Platinum defender Kelvin Moyo has expressed his joy at being named this year’s first runner-up at the Soccer Stars Awards last week. “As a player you always hope for the best. Unfortunately I didn’t win but I am sure the winner Rodwell (Chinyengetere) deserved it. We play in the same team and…
