HARARE City Council (HCC) nurses yesterday defied an order by acting human capital director Matthew Marara to resume work, citing inca- pacitation. The nurses went on strike on Monday demanding pay- ment of salaries at the prevail- ing interbank rate, saying they were no longer able to render their services normally due to incapacitation following…
© AN ENGINEER at a mining firm bludgeoned his wife with a tyre lever after he found her drinking alcohol, a court heard yesterday. Jacob Moyo, 30, of Badala Village allegedly struck his 35-year-old wife, Patience Ncube, several times on the head and ribs before head-butting her in the face. [GoogleAd] Moyo was not asked…
ONE of the 80 aspiring nurses who were barred from classes despite securing a place to train at Harare Central Hospital has filed a High Court application demanding to be allowed to attend lessons. In her urgent chamber application, Sandra Sekiwa, who cited Harare Central Hospital, the institution’s clinical director and Health minister Obadiah Moyo…
© THE Daily News in conjunction with the ministry of Mines and Mining Development will, on November 13, host a breakfast forum to discuss the $12 billion mining sector roadmap that was launched in October by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Running under the theme: “Towards a US$12 billion sector: Mining industry’s perspectives”, the breakfast will attract…
© SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has kept MDC legislators guessing about whether or not they will be allowed to hold ministers to account in Parliament, saying they will only know their fate next week. Two weeks ago, Mudenda barred the MPs from debating in Parliament as punishment for questioning President Emmer- son…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night made key appointments in government which saw a deputy director-general of the Central Intelligence Organisation becoming Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage ministry permanent secretary. In a statement, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda said besides Aaron Nhepera, Mnangagwa had appointed Ambassador Chitsaka Chapaziwa as chief of…
© THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is set to press two more charges against minister of State for Presidential Affairs Joram Gumbo, after his initial appearance at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts was abandoned under unclear circumstances yesterday. Gumbo was arrested on four counts of corruption on Monday morning and spent the day being questioned by…
© STRIKING junior doctors have made a fresh call for their employer to meet their demands, claiming the government is spending lav- ishly on other things, a clear demonstration it had the means to pay up. This comes after the government announced yesterday that it had fired 77 doctors after finding them guilty of defying…
© THE government yesterday failed in its last ditch bid to fend off today’s protests in Harare’s central business district by its disgruntled workers, who are pressing for pay hikes. This comes as the civil servants have issued a “hands off” warning to political parties and pressure groups seeking to get mileage out of their…
© ZANU PF big guns are said to be quacking in their boots follow- ing Monday’s surprise arrest of Cabinet minister and politburo member Joram Gumbo who is also considered to be a close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, on corruption allegations, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] At the same time, Gumbo’s first appear-…
