© JUNIOR doctors have rejected an allowance incre- ment of $360 offered by government and insisted on salaries pegged to the prevailing interbank market rate. The Health Services Board (HSB) offered the doctors, who have been on strike for the past two weeks, the allowance in a bid to end the industrial action that is…
© THE recent measures that were put in place by the government to strengthen State finances and promote price stability have set the conditions for a sustained economic recovery and growth in the country, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says. Releasing his 2019 mid-term monetary policy statement yesterday, Mangudya added that this also…
© A diarrhoea outbreak has erupted at Warren Park 1 Primary School, amid reports its water supply has been contaminated by sewage. According to a letter to the district schools inspector, the possible source of the outbreak was identified as an unattended sewer burst in the school yard. [GoogleAd] The letter signed by headmaster Auxillia…
PARLIAMENTARIANS have begun receiving new vehicles under the Parliamentary vehicle loan scheme, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has said. Ziyambi said some MPs have already taken delivery of the new vehicles. “MPs are now getting their cars. Some have al- ready received them and all MPs will get their cars in the…
© SOLDIERS and police officers providing security at Rufaro Stadium yesterday struggled to control mourners stampeding to get a glimpse of the late former president Robert Mugabe’s body, forcing them to call for reinforcements, the Daily News can report. There was chaos and pandemonium as tens of thousands of Zimbabweans trampled on each other, leaving…
© THERE are renewed fears that the country’s economy is fast hurtling towards its horror state of 2008, when unforgiving hyper-inflation decimated both businesses and the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans. Speaking at a “State of the Economy” function in Harare yesterday which was held by the Daily News in conjunction with the Africa Economic Development…
© FORMER president Robert Mugabe’s chaotic funeral arrangements have been further blighted by a seemingly excessive adherence to supernatural beliefs with his family refusing to let his casket out of their sight, amid apparent fears that it could be used for ritual purposes by some of his former Zanu PF colleagues, the Daily News can report….
Lawyers representing businessman Frank Buyanga have sent a letter to Zanu PF deputy youth secretary Lewis Matutu early Friday demanding a retraction for a story that claimed the property and gold tycoon manipulated and defrauded the country’s land acquisition processes. [GoogleAd] The letter, which was addressed to Matutu, said the untested allegations were reckless, defamatory…
© Hamilton Property Holdings (Pvt) Ltd (Hamilton) has sought eviction orders against two Harare men who are refusing to vacate houses they sold to the property behemoth. Hamilton, owned by businessman Frank Buyanga, has cited Wine Gombingo, Happson Hanyani and the registrar of deeds in summons filed separately against the duo at the High Court….
© SANITY finally prevailed yesterday after the family of the late former president Robert Mugabe confirmed that his remains would be interred at the National Heroes Acre in Harare as had been accurately reported by the Daily News earlier this week. This comes as Mugabe’s relatives also revealed yesterday that the former long-ruling president would…
