HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cash- strapped government is splashing close to $11 million on school fees for war veterans’ children. This comes as government is failing to adequately fund the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) initiative, meant to assist orphaned and vulnerable children, those living with disabilities or in foster care under poor parents, street children,…
HARARE – Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) president Tafadzwa Goliati was assaulted by touts at Mbare bus terminus this weekend while conducting a campaign aimed at ending violence against women and girls in public spaces. Goliati, 45, said he was brutally attacked by touts at the rank of Gokwe-bound buses. “I was conducting a survey…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is set to expand service points for duty assessments and deploy additional staff at Beitbridge Border Post in anticipation of an increase in traffic and cargo following the lifting of import restrictions. This comes after government lifted a ban of imports of listed basic commodities into Zimbabwe from South…
HARARE – Zanu PF Murehwa North legislator Daniel Garwe faces jail-time if he loses an appeal challenging a contempt of court conviction after defying a court order to stop stripping the family farm in Mvuma which is part of assets in a dissolution of marriage dispute with his estranged wife, Pedzisayi Miriam Lillieth Garwe. High…
HARARE – Former President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace have filed High Court papers challenging an application by three Mazowe farmers evicted from Teviotdale Farm in 2009 to pave way for the ex-first family’s company Gushungo Holdings (Private) Limited. In their application, the three farmers — Adonia Makombe, Sahungwe Hungwe and Nyika Chifamba —…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday said the multi-currency system is here to stay, and encouraged Zimbabweans to be patient and endure the pain while his government makes efforts to revive the economy. Mnangagwa made these remarks at the State House yesterday, where he hosted bankers, captains of industry and commerce among other guests in…
HARARE – The trial for former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere failed to kick off yesterday after his new lawyers lodged an application minutes before trial commencement. The courts had set October 29 to November 2 as trial dates for Kasukuwere, who is facing four counts of criminal abuse of office. Kasukuwere’s lawyer, Thembinkosi Magwaliba, sought…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s schools are demanding top-up fees while others now want school fees paid exclusively in United States dollars. Some private schools alerted parents this week that they should pay in US insisting it was “an unavoidable reality” given the pricing situation obtaining in Zimbabwe. “Due to the prevailing economic conditions in our country,…
HARARE – Nelson Chamisa faces a challenge for the MDC presidency from his deputy Elias Mudzuri when the party goes for a potentially explosive congress next year, the Daily News can report. Chamisa came to the leadership of the MDC in controversial fashion early this year following the death of the party’s founding father Morgan…
HARARE – The political future of former Cabinet ministers who were recently re-assigned to the ruling Zanu PF’s headquarters by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is becoming increasingly uncertain. This comes after disgruntled war veterans ramped up their determined bid to kick the unwanted bigwigs out of the party on Friday last week by locking the under…
