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Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw   TEACHERS’ unions yesterday came out guns blazing, accusing the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) of prematurely declaring June examinations dates when the country is still battling to contain the spread  of Covid-19, the Daily News reports. This comes after Zimsec scheduled Ordinary Level examinations to take place between…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Phildah Muzofa yesterday ordered Health minister Obadiah Moyo to improve living conditions in quarantine centres across the country, after an application filed by the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR). In the application, ZADHR demanded the government to test all returning residents thrice before…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have blocked a planned Zanu PF demonstration tomorrow at the United States (US) embassy in the capital against the killing of African-American George Floyd by the police in Minneapolis. This comes amid global demonstrations against the killing of Floyd. It also comes after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo…

THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has set new fees for legal practitioners, which will see litigants forking out up to $17 500 an hour in order to get the assistance of a lawyer. In a memo to legal practitioners, the LSZ said a lawyer with over 30 years’ experience would be charging between $10…

Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw UNDER pressure MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, yesterday caved in to his MPs’ demands and made a U-turn on an earlier decree ordering them to withdraw from Parliament. The not surprising volte face came as more and more MDC legislators were defying the embattled youthful politician’s highly-contested order,…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw  ©️   VICE PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday admitted that the current administration led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a “junta” regime, appealing for patience from long-suffering Zimbabweans as the country’s economy has hit rock bottom. This comes as the government has faced criticism for  being “military-led”, with the United States…