THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) board is said to have agreed in principle to a tariff adjustment by the country’s mobile network operators (MNOs). [GoogleAd] The Daily News on Sunday learnt yesterday that the newly-appointed Potraz board acceded to requests from MNO for an upward review in tariffs at its meeting…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday left the country for Angola on a one-day visit. In his absence, Vice President Kembo Mohadi will be the acting president. [GoogleAd] The ministry of Information posted on its twitter handle yesterday that Mnangagwa will be attending the commemoration of Southern African Liberation Day, the Cuito Cuanavale. The day was declared…
WORKERS in the funeral industry have been awarded a seven percent salary increase to cushion them against the harsh economic conditions, government has announced. According to this week’s Government Gazette, the salary adjustment is with effect from January 1. [GoogleAd] The least paid employee in the funeral services sector was earning $297,05 a month prior…
ON three occasions, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has been forced to cut short his foreign trips to attend to pressing matters back home — raising questions about the quality of advice he is getting from those around him. In January, Mnangagwa abandoned his annual holiday after his deputy Constantino Chiwenga failed to contain a strike…
ZANU PF Bulawayo province is deeply divided over firebrand former war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda, pictured, who is being tipped to take over the province’s chairmanship. The province was left without a chair after Callistus Ndlovu passed away last month. [GoogleAd] A few weeks later, President Emmerson Mnangagwa dissolved its entire leadership and assigned his…
THREE lawyers have been banned from practising in Zimbabwe following their de-registration. The three are Tayengwa Dugmore Muskwe, Rudo Ollyn Kanyenze and Tendai Amon Toto. [GoogleAd] This brings to nine the number of lawyers deregistered between 2018 and this year. Since 1997, at least 39 lawyers have been banned from practicing, according to the Law…
A CHIWESHE man was jailed 18 years by the High Court last Thursday for murdering a reveller. Kudakwashe Chikukwa was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in jail for murder by High Court judge Esther Muremba. [GoogleAd] Prosecutor Venancia Mutake proved that on April 12 last year Chikukwa was drinking beer with the now deceased…
PREPARATIONS for the MDC congress due in May are well on course with ward congresses being held countrywide this weekend. This follows the completion of branch congresses. MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that the 20-year-old opposition party hopes to proceed to district congresses from March 29 to 31…
THE Eatout Movement is hosting the Force4Good Awards at a local hotel this Friday. The awards were created by the EatOut Movement as a platform to honour, recognise and award individuals, organisations and corporates that are going an extra mile in helping prevent and fight homelessness and other social ills. [GoogleAd] According to founder Henry…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) will soon release a report detailing the brutal crackdown by the army in the second city, which left several injured, and maimed. The crackdown in the aftermath of the January fuel protests also saw hundreds being arrested. ZHRC has, since January, been conducting an inquiry into the chaos which…
