BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has requested the government to pay teachers a US$200 cushion allowance to enable them to return to school tomorrow. This comes after teachers’ unions said the failure by the government to address their salary grievances would force them to go on industrial action when schools…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE Government will put in place all the necessary measures to improve the country’s power situation, including collaborating with private players, a Cabinet minister has said. Acting Energy minister Jenfan Muswere made the remarks after the government inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Evergreen Private Limited for the construction of a 100…
TAMARY CHIKIWA LOCALS have challenged the government to rehabilitate roads linking rural and urban areas which they say are now in a deplorable state. Contributing during a stakeholders meeting that was attended by rural farmers, captains of the industry and government officials held in Zvishavane on Thursday, Andrew Masango, a horticulture farmer based in rural…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has appealed to churches and political parties to embrace each other ahead of the 2023 elections. This comes after the country has witnessed an increase in politically-related violence cases ahead of the watershed 2023 plebiscite. Speaking during online discussion last week, ZCC acting secretary-general Gibson Botomani said…
Tanyaradzwa Marabada ENTERTAINMENT WRITER marabadat@dailynews.co.zw MULTI-AWARDWINNING gospel music songbird Janet Manyowa has been added to the riveting line-up of artists set to perform at the Stanbic Jacaranda Music Festival that will run at Old Hararians in Harare from October 7 to 9. Manyowa, who has won an incredible 28 awards since she ventured in music…
Tanyaradzwa Marabada ENTERTAINMENT WRITER arabadat@dailynews.co.zw LEGENDARY musician Zexie Manatsa’s widow, Stella Manatsa, was buried yesterday next to her husband at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare in an emotional send-off thronged by hundreds of mourners. Mai Manatsa died early this week in her sleep at the age of 68 less than eight months after burying her…
FIFA’S ban on former secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Football Association’s referees committee Obert Zhoya from all football-related activities for five years vindicates the decision by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to suspend the Zifa executive. The SRC suspended the Zifa board in November last year over “several incidents of gross incompetence” that they described…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmurozereyib@dailynews.co.zw BOTSWANA and Zimbabwe are going to strengthen their border security and put in place measures to curb the spread of animal diseases. Officially opening the 112 edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show in Harare yesterday, Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi said six months ago in Victoria Falls the two countries had formalised and…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has expressed concern over the conduct of public officials, saying their corruption rate remains the highest and keeps on increasing. This comes after several public officials have been arrested by Zacc for crimes involving money laundering and criminal abuse of office, among other cases. Zacc yesterday said…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has intensified efforts to curb increasing vandalism cases against its property by introducing various measures, including use of drones to protect railway equipment. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NRZ loss control and security officer Richard Mhakure said they were concerned with the rate at…
