THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking his government to denounce Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa’s statement attacking labour unions. In the letter dated July 29, ITUC said Mnangagwa’s government and Zanu PF were violating workers’ rights. “On 27 July 2020, we noted a press conference convened…
FOUR former MDC employees have now applied for the High Court to issue a garnishee order against the party’s bank accounts to recover terminal benefits and salaries which they are owed. Wilson Box, Aleck Tabe, Geraldine Sibanda, and Lawrence Paganga previously sued the MDC Alliance, but recently directed their lawsuits against the Thokozani Khupe-led…
BUSINESSMAN Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure has demanded that former First Lady Grace Mugabe’s son Russell Goreraza and her brother Samson Marufu pay him his full balance after a botched sale of his Mercedes Benz ML63 to the two. In a High Court case, Goreraza borrowed the car from Kadungure last year and got involved in an…
FIFTY people have died after being attacked by wild animals across the country in the first seven months of the year, while several others were injured as cases of human-wildlife conflict continue to increase. Most fatalities were recorded in communities near wildlife habitats including Hwange, Binga, Kariba and Chiredzi with elephants accounting for 50…
MARABI musician Kireni Zulu is honouring music legends in the country by sponsoring videos for their yesteryear hit songs. Zulu, who recently released coronavirus (Covid-19)-inspired songs courtesy of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe, confirmed the project to the Daily News yesterday. “Legends on my list include Jonah Moyo, Mitchel Jambo and…
President Donald Trump has announced he is banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok in the US. He told reporters he could sign an executive order as early as Saturday. US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans. TikTok has…
IN A damning assessment, Warriors and Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar has slammed Zifa’s appointment of Croatian Zdravko Logarusic as the national coach. Grobbelaar, who also expressed his interest of coaching the Warriors in the future, said the Logarusic lack of knowledge of local football will be his biggest undoing. 800 The 62-year-old, who was capped…
British Airways pilots have voted to accept a deal that will temporarily cut pay by 20% and eliminate 270 jobs, says the pilots’ union Balpa. The deal prevents a controversial “fire and rehire” scheme where staff would have been handed new contracts “on worse conditions”. The 20% pay cuts will reduce to 8% over two…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw All the main telecommunication companies (telcos) – both mobile and fixed – are set to adjust their tariff upwards today (the beginning of August) or have already done so. This follows their regulator Potraz’s consent that they charge for their services in both local and foreign currency at a…
