HARARE – The National Education Union of Zimbabwe (Neuz) has condemned School Development Committees (SDCs) nationwide for unfair labour practice, following their reluctance to pay outstanding 2017 bonuses to their employees. In a statement, Neuz secretary-general Mathias Guchutu said while the SDCs had promised to pay the 13th cheque as soon as government had paid…
MUTARE – The ruling Zanu PF has expelled Talent Kadzima who stood as an independent candidate in the Nyanga South National Assembly elections. Kadzima, defied the party and stood as an independent candidate after she lost the primaries to Supa Mandiwanzira, the former Information Communications Technology and Cyber Security minister. Mandiwanzira won the Nyanga South…
HARARE – Already feeling the pinch from slowing economic growth, the grain milling industry is finding it increasingly hard to get hold of foreign currency due to central bank restrictions and may struggle to repay their debts to wheat, rice and salt foreign suppliers. The grain milling industry’s debt has risen close to record highs…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prospectors Association (ZPA) has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Mines ministry for agreeing to incorporate their demands in the Mines and Minerals Bill. The Bill had been sent to the president as amended by the National Assembly. The ZPA said they were happy the amended version had incorporated their concerns. The…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC, which alleged electoral fraud in the July 30 general election, said yesterday it would consult its rank-and-file membership over a decision to contest in the upcoming Mutoko North by-elections, the latest twist in a long-running election dispute. This comes after Mutoko North MP Mabel Chinomona was elected as President…
HARARE – A warrant of arrest has been issued against businessman Genius Kadungure after he failed to pitch for his fraud trial yesterday. Kadungure is jointly charged with Wicknell Chivayo on two counts of fraud dating back to 2012. The businessman was said to be out of the country. His estranged partner, Zodwa Mkandla, appeared…
HARARE – Suspended University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura’s trial was yesterday deferred to October 22, pending the outcome of his Constitutional Court (Con-Court) application for stay of prosecution. Nyagura stands accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly corruptly awarded a PhD to former first lady Grace Mugabe. His lawyer Advocate Lewis…
HARARE – A self-styled prophet, who was early this year slapped with a 20-year jail term for rape, allegedly tried to kill a man he suspected of nailing him during his trial, then later offered him a car, money and residential stand to silence him from reporting the attempted murder, a court heard yesterday. This…
HARARE – There are fears that Zanu PF is hijacking the Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank (ZWMB), after several women were recently turned away from a meeting which took place at a Bulawayo hotel on the basis that they were not card-carrying ruling party members. The Daily News is reliably informed that a group of women…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government’s poor planning and unnecessary expenditure at the expense of preventing medieval diseases like cholera, which has so far claimed the lives of at least 30 people. Government has since declared a state-of-emergency after the outbreak had spread to most parts of the country from the epicentre…
