By Brandon Josphat and Rutendo Ngara CONCERNED that workers are struggling to make ends meet, trade unions are requesting a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss remuneration and working conditions issues. In a letter dated February 16, addressed to Public Service minister Paul Mavima by the acting secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade…
Rumbidzai Ngwenyangwenyar@dailynews.co.zw LAW enforcement agents are fretting over the country’s worsening murder and road carnage figures. This comes after 11 people were killed in gruesome murders around the country, while 13 others lost their lives in road traffic accidents over the past week alone.In one of the most disturbing murder cases during this period, a…
HORTICULTURE growers from Zimbabwe are set to exhibit at this year’s Macfrut Expo in Italy, which will take place from May 3 to May 5 in Rimini, and anticipates at least 40 000 guests. This will be the third time Zimbabwe would be attending the prime global annual fruit and vegetable exhibition. According to Zimtrade,…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is hot on the trail of three notorious drug lords who have allegedly made fortunes and acquired properties worth millions of American dollars around the country from their illicit activities. Documents seen by the Daily News this week show that among the alleged three drug kingpins — names known but…
Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE media should play a leading role in ensuring unity among Zimbabweans ahead of this year’s crunch elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Speaking in Harare yesterday at the burial of the late former minister Christopher Mushohwe at the National Heroes Acre, Mnangagwa said peace and unity were key for Zimbabwe’s socio-economic development.“As…
PARLIAMENTARIANS have paid tribute to the late MDC founder president Morgan Tsvangirai, with MDC legislator Pauline Mpariwa urging Zimbabweans to take a leaf from the illustrious career of the opposition leader by forgiving and tolerating each other. Tsvangirai, who served as prime minister during the Government of National Unity (GNU) between 2009 and 2013, died…
A HARARE man, who was arrested in 2017 after he shot and killed a habitual thief who had broken into his home over 13 times, has been acquitted by the High Court. Augustine Chiswanda was set free after High Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi ruled that he had committed the act while acting in self-defence….
GOVERNMENT is considering setting up a commission of inquiry into the leakage of Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examination papers in a bid to curb the malady. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday after legislators proposed that the government set up the commission, Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu concurred with the suggestion.“I…
THE government is now preparing to auction Marry Mubaiwa’s multi-million rand assets in South Africa, as misfortunes continue to dog the beleaguered ex-wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. This comes as Mubaiwa has filed a second appeal with the Pretoria High Court to stay an order granted in the same SA court last year for…
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu has called upon schools to make use of learners to manufacture uniforms to augment their income as well as empower pupils. Responding to enquiries by legislators during a question and answer session in the National Assembly yesterday, Ndlovu said it was now government policy that schools can produce…
