HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga may have violated the law which he is supposed to be upholding by rushing to fire nurses in government hospitals for taking part in an industrial action without following due process, the Daily News can report. The former commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces issued a statement on Tuesday…
HARARE – Government has begun the recruitment of retired nurses, following the dismissal of all striking nurses on Tuesday. In a letter addressed to all chief executive officers and provincial medical directors by the acting secretary for Health and Child Care, the recruitment drive is in light of a press statement issued by Vice President…
HARARE – Delays in considering the proposed amendments to the electoral laws is the biggest threat to a repeat of unrest at this year’s vote, the country’s biggest election watchdog has warned, saying hopes that reforms and new technology will ease a pressure cooker of tensions were being dashed. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took power…
HARARE – The US-based Zimbabwe Diaspora for Democracy Inc. and the South Africa-based Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) is petitioning government against it’s decision to bar expatriate Zimbabweans from voting from their foreign bases in the forthcoming key 2018 vote. The two organisations, representing the interests of well over 4 million Zimbabweans living abroad, have said…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe’s son Robert Junior has said his mom, former first lady Grace Mugabe, does not have any Gucci clothing in her spectacular collection of clothes. Robert Jr said in an interview with online radio Zim Metro that he was unfazed with his mom’s soubriquet, “Gucci Grace”, which reflects widespread belief…
BULAWAYO – The matter between MDC president Nelson Chamisa and expelled deputy president Thokozani Khupe who are arguing over the ownership of the party’s name and symbols has been deferred to Tuesday next week. High Court judge justice Francis Bere deferred the matter to give himself more time to go through arguments raised by the…
MUTARE – A Chipinge man freed from a six-year sentence after President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted him amnesty is behind bars again in connection with a knife attack on two women that killed one and left another with multiple slash and stab wounds. Misheck Simango, 35, was arrested for murder in Muchawaya Village under Chief Musikavanhu…
HARARE – The firing of striking nurses on the eve of the country’s 38th independence anniversary does not bode well for the country’s potential to dialogue with its broader and disgruntled employees’ body. On Tuesday night, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga issued a statement announcing the dismissal of all striking nurses, shocking Zimbabweans who thought the…
EDITOR — Yesterday marked exactly 38 years after Zimbabwe attained its independence from Ian Smith’s regime. The people of Zimbabwe were ruled with an iron fist in their land. They were not allowed to vote, working under very poor conditions and given peanuts, their land was grabbed, there was no rule of law, there was…
HARARE – Excise duty was the highest contributor to Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) collections for the first three months of 2018 after coming in at $233,3 million, 17,65 percent above target. Zimra chairperson Willia Bonyongwe said the tax head had contributed 21 percent to net collections of $1 billion closely followed by net Value Added…
