THE ruling Zanu PF has reiterated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will complete two terms in office — further bolting the door against ambitious party bigwigs said to be interested in his job, the Daily News reports. Speaking to the media on Wednesday evening, acting Zanu PF spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa, also said Mnangagwa needed to be…
THE Elders, a group of eminent global human rights and peace campaigners, want Zimbabweans to engage in national dialogue in the interest of the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as many Zimbabweans have welcomed the push by the MDC to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, with a view to…
THE government has scoffed at MPs who this week raised concerns over continued electricity increases, saying the price of power is still too low if Zesa Holdings(Zesa) is to restore the tariff to where it was in March. This comes after Zesa this week announced another whopping 50 percent increase in electricity tariffs, the third…
THE government will not bow down to civil servants’ salary demands as doing so has the potential to upset the current price stability being experienced in the economy, a Cabinet minister has said. This comes as teachers, who have been on strike since schools reopened in September, are demanding to be paid US$450 or its…
VIVO Energy Zimbabwe, which distributes and markets fuels, lubricants and liquefied petroleum gas, recently commissioned a world class fully automated high-tech fire system in Harare. The newly installed system can automatically detect fire and extinguish it without the need for human intervention. Vivo Energy Zimbabwe managing director Johan Grobbelaar said the commissioning of the system…
MORE than US$1bn (£772m) in Bitcoin linked to the notorious Silk Road website has been seized by the US Department of Justice (DoJ). Earlier this week, crypto-currency watchers noticed about 70,000 bitcoins being moved from an account believed to be linked to the illicit marketplace. Silk Road was an online black market, selling everything…
KEY stakeholders in the Zimbabwean tourism sector yesterday convened in Harare to deliberate on the progress in terms of disbursement of the $500 million economic stimulus package provided to them by government in May this year. The stimulus package included a set of economic measures put together to stimulate a floundering economy with the objective…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MANY Zimbabweans have welcomed the push by the MDC to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, with a view to forming a new government of national unity in a bid to end the country’s myriad challenges. Among those who have hailed the move are ordinary citizens…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has summoned Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to appear before it next week to explain measures the government has put in place to address the crisis in the education sector. This comes as teachers have been on a nationwide boycott of classes since schools reopened in…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Nurses Association (Zina) yesterday came out guns blazing and requested President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene in its impasse with the government, saying the situation regarding their welfare is now out of hand. This comes as the Health Services Board (HSB) removed 1 032 defiant nurses from its payroll…
