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© PARLIAMENT is looking at a controversial new law that will see MDC legislators fined or even imprisoned if they disrespect or show contempt for President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he is in the National Assembly, the Daily News reports. This comes as most Parliamentary business has lately been negatively affected by the deepening rift between…

© ANGERED by the authorities saved clampdown on dissenting voices in the country in recent months the MDC yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government that it had now pushed Zimbabweans too far, the Daily News reports. At the same time, political analysts also warned yesterday that the alleged shooting at opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in…

© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and several heads of indigenous churches yesterday took a veiled dig at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for spurn- ing the invitation to be part of the Political Actors’ Dialogue (Polad). Mnangagwa set up Polad as a forum for political parties that participated in last year’s elections to dialogue on issues afflicting…

© THE Coalition of African National Medical Associations (Canma) has called on the government to seek amicable ways of solving its standoff with doctors. This comes as the government has fired 448 junior doctors, while 57 senior doctors at central hospitals and 43 from provincial hospi- tals are facing similar disciplinary action. [GoogleAd] President Emmerson…

© THE BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is unhappy with the government for delays in approving a supplementary budget it proposed three months ago. BCC in September proposed to increase tariffs by 300 percent, and with inflation now the order of the day, the city fathers feel the government should have hastened approval of their proposals….

© THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) and teachers have found common ground regarding the remuneration of public examination markers, the Daily News reports. Following threats by the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) that teachers would not mark Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations if their conditions of service were not improved, an emergency meeting…

© THE GOVERNMENT is struggling to complete houses for Tsholotsho flood victims almost three years after one of the worst natural disasters struck Matabeleland. Over 800 villagers were displaced in February 2017 after Cyclone Dineo-induced floods ravaged their homes. Helicopters had to be used to rescue those who had been marooned by the raging floods….

© SCHOOLS in Binga and Kariba are now record- ing better attendance following a food aid intervention by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society under their Child Nutrition and Food Security programme. The project, targeting 15 000 people in Kariba rural and Binga, complements a government initiative that is distribut-ing grain in the same areas. [GoogleAd]…

© FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa’s trial resumed yesterday before magistrate Elijah Makomo, several months after the Prosecutor-General put it on hold. Parirenyatwa is facing criminal abuse of office charges where he is accused of unfair dismissal of Natpharm boss Nancy Sifeku and replacing her with Newman Madzikwa, who was once dismissed for misconduct when…