THE country’s legislators are owed over US$600 000 in unpaid sitting allowances spanning over the last eight months. This comes amid concerns by the MPs who are paid US$75 per sitting that they were now failing to meet their obligations such as paying their bills and utilities. This was revealed in the National Assembly last…
IN A bid to whip lawmakers into line, Speaker of the National Assembly says he is going to personally monitor legislators who abscond Parliament business. Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday, Mudenda said he is going to monitor the attendance of legislators attending Parliament business. “I have this observation, there are 75 members present…
LEGISLATORS want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare the dire state of the country’s public health system a national disaster, to spur the mobilisation of needed resources to mitigate the crisis. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the chairperson of Parliament’s Health portfolio committee, Josiah Makombe, confirmed the push yesterday….
GOVERNMENT says it is in talks with civil servants through the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) with a view to improving their salaries and working conditions. This comes as civil servants are pushing the government to restore their previous salaries where they were earning close to US$800. Currently, government employees are earning around US$350, which is…
PARLIAMENTARIANS have criticised the country’s ports of entry for allowing the smuggling of illegal skin bleaching products. The criticism comes as the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) cracks down on socialites advertising unauthorised skin bleaching products on social media. Debating a motion on stricter legislation to control skin lightening creams on Tuesday, Murewa South…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged Zanu PF members to remain loyal to the party and steer the country’s economic development. Addressing the former liberation movement’s politburo meeting in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said it was “critically important that cadres and deployees assigned to leadership positions and strategic national duties remain loyal, patriotic and committed to wholeheartedly…
AUTHORITIES should strongly resist the pressure to allow mining activities in nature reserves, the Zimbabwe National Parks (ZimParks) has pleaded. This comes amid a deluge of applications by prospective investors seeking to start mining operations in some of the country’s top national parks. In this regard, ZimParks has received a plethora of petitions from both…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has noted significant stability in the prices of basic goods as well as their availability on the market, saying it is a sign that its various measures to improve the economy are bearing fruit. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, the minister of Information, Jenfan Muswere, said the…
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) says the country is going to experience extremely cold spells in the coming weeks. In a statement at the weekend, MSD said some parts of the country were set to experience cool and drizzly conditions. “Scattered thunder showers are being experienced over much of the country as a result of…
EUREKA Gold Mine, a subsidiary of Delta Gold Zimbabwe, has announced plans to exhume and relocate 46 graves in Mazhambe and Muroiwa villages, Guruve Rural District, to pave the way for the expansion of a mine waste dump. The reburial exercise is scheduled to commence in July. In a notice yesterday, Eureka Gold Mine stated…
