Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zwTHE government is pushing for opening of schools for the June examinations, arguing that it is prepared to implement measures to fight the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), the Daily News reports. This comes as eight teacher unions represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights’ Sarudzayi Njerere last week filed an urgent…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw BAKERS have increased the price of bread by 36 percent for a standard loaf, citing increased production costs and challenges in the procurement of flour, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose value on the black market, resulting in the prices of basic…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on workers to stay at home, claiming they had received several reports of workers being harassed at army and police-manned checkpoints and failing to get transport to work due to shortages of Zupco buses. ZCTU president Peter Mutasa yesterday said…
Godknows Matarutse SPORTS WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw DYNAMOS hope to be a trendsetter in domestic football by embracing sports science in their quest to add a 22nd title in their trophy cabinet once the 2020 season eventually kicks-off. The country’s most successful football club received an assortment of sports science equipment from their Belgian partners Ligi Sport…
GOVERNMENT has with effect from June increased civil servants’ salaries by 50 percent, the Daily News reports. In addition, all civil servants will be paid a flat, non-taxable, Covid-19 allowance US$75 per month, while government pensioners will be paid a flat, non- taxable, Covid-19 allowance of US$30 per month. The Finance Ministry further advised all…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa, pictured, says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country’s worsening political and economic crises, the Daily News reports. This comes as the church has resuscitated its push for…
THE Zanu PF youth league has joined the rest of Africa to commemorate the Day of the African Child in remembrance of children who lost their lives during apartheid in South Africa in 1976. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Zanu PF acting deputy secretary for youth affairs Tendai Chirau said the Day of…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE battle to control the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, formerly Harvest House, has taken a new twist after the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alliance petitioned High Court registrar Donald Ndirowei complaining about the party’s interim leader Thozani Khupe’s decision to hold a press conference at the party headquarters despite a pending…
ZIMBABWE Republic Police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga, yesterday bared his soul confirming in Parliament that his officials are accepting bribes because of government neglect. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health, Matanga said police officers have not been supplied with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and that they are not paid risk allowances being offered to…
THE security clampdown that has been restricted to Harare over the past few weeks was yesterday extended to the country’s second city, the Daily News reports. The operation, which caught many people by surprise, saw thousands of workers and ordinary people being barred from entering Bulawayo’s central business district (CBD). By midday, the CBD was…
