THE government has published a school calendar which will see the last term of this year ending seven days before the Christmas holiday. This comes as schools reopened for examination candidates from mid this month with other grades set to resume classes in the next few weeks in two phases. According to the government, the…
AFTER years of engaging in futile internal wars, MDC leaders now appear ready to ditch their suicidal factional battles and work together in the interest of the party, the Daily News reports. Yesterday, the party’s interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe held a hastily-arranged meeting of its standing committee in Harare, which officials said was…
ANALYSTS and rights groups have advised MDC leaders to beware after authorities said the party was linked to a plot aimed at overthrowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government from power, the Daily News reports. This comes a few weeks after authorities thwarted the July 31 anti-government mass demonstrations — amid accusations by rights groups…
TEACHERS’ unions have demanded to meet government in order to resolve the current impasse between the two parties. This comes as most teachers across the country boycotted the reopening of public schools on Monday, protesting against the failure by the government to test them for the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and poor remuneration. Amalgamated Rural…
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority commissioner-general Gershem Pasi facing criminal abuse of office allegations has been temporarily freed by the court after it granted his application for refusal of further remand. Pasi was accused of engaging a third party in the acquisition of an Information Management System (IMS), prejudicing Zimra of over US$11 million. The State…
MDC youths appeared fed up yesterday with the main opposition’s senseless wars, after they seized the party’s iconic national headquarters in Harare amid chaotic scenes — before vowing to force dialogue between Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa, the Daily News reports. In addition to commandeering Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House, the discontented youths said their…
STATE Security minister Owen Ncube has alleged that the opposition is part of a plot to smuggle guns into the country to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government from power, the Daily News reports. The Gokwe-Kana legislator also alleged yesterday that the MDC Alliance was part of a group spreading falsehoods that Mnangagwa…
THE dual sitting of judges in the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) and Supreme Court compromised the delivery of justice, with some cases dating back 15 years still pending. This was revealed yesterday at the public interview of would-be ConCourt judges in Harare. The ConCourt was recently separated from the Supreme Court by the Judicial Service Commission,…
THE government has ruled out the holding of by-elections this year due to coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has set December 5 as a possible date for local authorities and National Assembly by-elections. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi…
POPULAR real-time flight-tracking website Flightradar24 was hit by a cyber-attack that knocked out access to its services for hours. The attack is the third the company has suffered in two days, it said. Early attempts to restore the site failed, with “significant instability due to the sustained attacks”, it said. It did not say…
