KADOMA City Council will today hold a crunch meeting with its workers who are demanding an immediate salary review. This comes two weeks after scores of council workers downed tools, demonstrating against management’s decision to award itself education allowances of $13 000 while the general employees are getting $380. The workers were also demanding the…
TWO armed robbers were killed in a shootout with officers of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Harare yesterday. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, pictured, confirmed the incident, saying the two were part of a seven-member gang that was arrested. “We confirm we have arrested seven robbery suspects. Out of the seven, two are now…
TRANSPORT minister Joel Matiza says the government is upgrading the country’s air traffic communication systems and equipment in line with technological advancements. This was after the Air Traffic Controllers’ Association of Zimbabwe (ATCAZ) had expressed concern over the “continued deterioration in air navigation communication performance” and warned that failure to address the navigation communication system…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday announced that schools and tertiary institutions will be closed indefinitely next week amid pressure from teachers across the country, who accused him of exposing them and learners to coronavirus. On Tuesday, Mnangagwa imposed a ban on gatherings of more than 100 people in the country for the next 60 days in…
THE government yesterday launched the national renewable energy and biofuels policies to mitigate the effects of climate change and promote investments at a time when the country is struggling with persistent energy deficits that have been exacerbated by the economic meltdown. The newly-launched national renewable energy policy aims to promote investment in the renewable sector…
A SENIOR Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) officer has approached the High Court challenging the decision of a court martial that jailed him for 18 months for missing lectures after he enrolled for a Geography and Environment Science programme at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). Fadziso Abraham Dupwa, a flight lieutenant and commissioned officer with…
OPPOSITION MDC MPs have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration of reversing the land reform programme by seizing idle land from black people for redistribution to white Zimbabweans, the Daily News reports. The move was introduced by government through Statutory Instrument (SI) 62 of 2020 which was gazetted last Friday, giving Mnangagwa powers to give land…
AS THE deadly coronavirus continues to spread and to wreak havoc around the world, health experts are concerned about Zimbabwe’s readiness to deal with the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This is despite the raft of measures that were announced on Tuesday by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to combat the disease, as well as ongoing assurances…
SOUTH Africa yesterday saw another jump in coronavirus cases — with 116 now confirmed as the country introduces new measures to shut its borders and schools across the country. The numbers are still rising sharply from one case a fortnight ago. Most of those with the virus brought it back from abroad — from the…
PROMINENT businessman and Affirmative Action Group (AAG) founder Philip Chiyangwa has been appointed to sit in two parliamentary portfolio committees. The Zvimba South Member of Parliament will sit in the Felix Mhona-chaired Budget, Finance and Economic Development portfolio committee that is responsible for overseeing the Finance and Economic Development ministry and its handling of Budget…
