HARARE – Cabinet failed to sit on Tuesday despite the fact that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had to cut short his annual leave to attend to a crippling strike by doctors in public hospitals. Cabinet is still to meet this year. Even though Mnangagwa had to abruptly end his vacation, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga continues as…
HARARE – A man who impregnated his 18-year-old niece before his wife took her to a traditional healer to terminate the pregnancy has been jailed for four years. James Chihuri, 51, of Seke, was initially charged with rape when he appeared before Harare Regional magistrate Thembe Kuwanda. He was, however, convicted of incest after he…
HARARE – Hundreds of students across the country have been turned away from school for non-payment of fees despite government’s directive not to send learners away. This comes after Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima discouraged schools from sending children away for non-payment of fees suggesting they should not be punished on behalf of…
HARARE – Government will today meet the Apex Council to review civil servants’ salaries at the National Joint Negotiations Council (NJNC) at Kaguvi Building. This comes after civil servants demanded to be paid in United States dollars and gave the government a 14-day notice to resolve their incapacitation or face a full-blown strike. In a…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s under-fire government yesterday held an emergency meeting over the country’s worsening fuel crisis. The debilitating fuel shortages have now resulted in desperate calls from stressed business leaders who want authorities to allocate them special supplies to stop the country’s burning economy from imploding altogether. Observations by the Daily News show…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country’s worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawing fire from many sceptical quarters which doubt that these jaunts will yield anything tangible. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country’s worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawing fire from many sceptical quarters which doubt that these jaunts will yield anything tangible. Mnangagwa is set to leave for Belarus,…
HARARE – A Mutare based civil rights pressure group has petitioned Parliament on why mission and council health facilities were not recognising referrals from social welfare. Community Crime Monitoring Project (CCMP) has written to the parliamentary committee on Health to query why council and mission medical institutions in the eastern border city do not recognise…
MUTARE – A 24 year old Dangamvura man has been caged 12 months after bedding a 12-year-old-girl who had eloped to him after she had been chased away from home for being in a relationship with him. Kudakwashe Ncube from Foroma Village under Chief Marange was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate…
HARARE – Thieves are helping themselves to solar street lights installed along Harare’s Airport Road while others have fallen prone to vandalism despite a decision by Harare City Council to conceal batteries that were previously being targeted, the Daily News can report. The thieves are targeting solar panels adjacent to a bushy area opposite One…
