WE WELCOME the ongoing collaboration between the government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to operationalise ethical recruitment by employment agencies in Zimbabwe as part of efforts to ensure locals who are taken to other countries for work are empowered and protected. The cooperation between the government and IOM is a very important development…
ALL is set for Zimbabwe’s most popular marathon event, the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon, which takes place this Sunday, July 2, 2023 in the scenic resort town. The event, now widely regarded as Africa’s number one marathon, will attract about 5 000 registered runners, excluding accompanying friends and family, in what promises to be an…
THE business community hopes political campaigns will not derail operations and has called for peaceful general elections in Zimbabwe, which will take place in August this year. This comes as the country is only a month away from the 2023 general elections amid economic challenges characterised by high inflation, exchange rate disparities and a depreciating…
THE country’s health workers have demanded more than US$1 000 salaries for the lowest-paid employee in the sector, saying the current inflationary environment has eroded their incomes. In a position paper agreed to by health workers unions this month and seen by the Daily News, the workers want a basic salary of US$900 for the…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.z FORMER opposition stalwart, Eddie Cross, says the August 23 elections will test the country’s ability to maintain peace and national unity. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Cross also tipped President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF to remain in power after the…
THE government has embarked on a programme to rehabilitate all roads leading to polling stations around the country to ensure easy accessibility ahead of the August 2023 general elections. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the progress made so far had been revealed in a report on…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says countries with a predetermined outcome of this year’s elections will not be allowed to observe the polls. This comes after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission recently invited regional and foreign countries to observe the general elections on August 23. Speaking during the Miners for Economic Development convention in Gweru…
THE government has urged micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) not to be demoralised by the current economic instability and assured them that it is a passing phase. Speaking during an international MSMEs commemoration day held in Bulawayo yesterday, minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Sithembiso Nyoni said instead they should capitalise on the situation…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITER THE High Court will hear the case of lawyer Lovedale Mangwana, who is seeking an order barring former Cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting the August 23 presidential election, on July 7. Yesterday lawyers representing Mangwana and Kasukuwere appeared in Justice David Mangota’s chambers at the High Court in Harare for a…
THE High Court has found Tapiwa Makore (senior) and Tafadzwa Shamba guilty of the gruesome murder and dismemberment of the former’s seven-year-old nephew and namesake in 2020. Tapiwa Makore (junior) was killed in a ritual murder by Shamba and Makore (snr) who mutilated the boy’s body so that they could sell its parts to a…
