HARARE- The price of bread has gone up by almost 70 percent the highest increase since the introduction of the multi-currency regime in 2009. It’s the fourth increase within a space of 12 months, and the first this year. In terms of the latest price adjustment, a standard loaf of bread which was going for $1,40…
CHEGUTU -Police have launched a manhunt for 15 armed robbers who are masquerading as members of the uniformed forces after stealing uniforms from law enforcement agencies and soldiers, the Daily News can report. One of the suspects Tinaye Rice has since been arrested after he was shot on the leg by the police during apprehension. He…
As part of the inquiry into the country’s human rights abuses, at least four witnesses are tomorrow set to give evidence to the United Kingdom’s International Development Committee as the organisation explores possible steps that can be taken in response to recent developments in Zimbabwe. This comes after several reports of human rights abuses following a…
HARARE – Government has said it will not pay doctors for the days they were absent at their work stations during the 40-day long industrial action which started early in December and ended at the start of last month. The Heath Services Board told the Daily News that government will only pay the health workers…
HARARE – The American Bar Association (ABA) yesterday said it was deeply concerned about the ongoing unrest in Zimbabwe, arbitrary arrests and the fast-tracking of trials without due process protections. This comes after Zimbabwean lawyers staged a demo at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday to demonstrate against the alleged denial of justice for hundreds of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Job Whabira and the rest of the commissioners resigned yesterday. In a statement yesterday, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda said President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accepted the resignation. [GoogleAd] This comes after Mnangagwa said he was due to “restructure” the Zacc next week. “The chief…
HARARE – British MPs say they regret that their government took a quick stance to cosy up to the Zimbabwean administration soon after President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from former president Robert Mugabe in the November 2017 coup. Kate Hoey, a Labour Party MP, moved a motion in Parliament for the MPs to debate…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been left with egg on his face after the general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) Reverend Kenneth Mtata snubbed an invitation to be a member of his Presidential Advisory Council (Pac). In a letter dated January 30, the clergyman said although he was flattered by Mnangagwa’s…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has denied reports suggesting that all is not well between him and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, the Daily News can report. Speaking to journalists at an informal media briefing at Munhumutapa Building — the citadel of government power — Mnangagwa said there was no rift between him and Chiwenga,…
HARARE – ICT minister Kazembe Kazembe says government is forging ahead with its plans push to bring high-speed Internet to rural areas around the country in an effort to accelerate economic development. This comes as the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has so far established 75 Community Information Centres (CICs) in marginalised…
