HARARE – Teachers in public schools are determined to down tools next week, setting themselves on a collision course with government which described the planned job action as illegal. Unions told the Daily News yesterday that their grievances were genuine and that no amount of threats from their employer would discourage them from exercising their…
HARARE – The United States’ offer to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe could be on the verge of collapsing after Washington expressed irritation at the slow progress by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to draw up the reforms needed to ensure free and fair elections. In damning comments made at least three months ahead of key presidential and…
HARARE – The police’s conduct during the ruling party’s primary elections has once again lifted the lid on the inappropriate relationship that exists between Zanu PF and the law enforcement agency, heightening calls for the reformation of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) beyond cosmetic changes introduced in the past five months, the Daily News can…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has approached the High Court seeking to block the transfer of his three companies to the Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) — the liquidator of his now-defunct Allied Bank Limited. Allied Bank, majority owned by a vehicle linked to Mpofu, had its licence cancelled by the Reserve Bank of…
HARARE – Some of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s key allies fell dramatically in Zanu PF primary polls held between April 29 and May 1, setting the stage for what is promising to be nail-biting general elections in which the Zanu PF leader will be seeking a five-year mandate in the top office after wresting power from…
HARARE – Some of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s key allies fell dramatically in Zanu PF primary polls held between April 29 and May 1, setting the stage for what is promising to be nail-biting general elections in which the Zanu PF leader will be seeking a five-year mandate in the top office after wresting power from…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has begun correcting data entry errors made by the voter registration officers on a new voter register ahead of the 2018 presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections. Zec has conducted biometric voter registration (BVR) where approximately 5,43 million voters were registered as at April 2018 for an eagerly awaited…
HARARE – Eye specialist Solomon Guramatunhu has been dragged to the High Court after two of his companies allegedly failed to pay $48 000 for products secured from M Wiseman & Company (Zimbabwe) Limited in 2001. According to court papers, M Wiseman & Company (Zimbabwe) Limited is the applicant, while Guramatunhu’s companies, Specs and Lenses…
HARARE – Zimbabwe needs more children to play golf if the country is to unearth another golfer in the mould of Nick Price (pictured), a top sport personality has said. Price, who is now playing on the senior circuit on the PGA Tour, won three golf majors — the PGA Championship (1993 and 94) and…
HARARE – MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa wants to modernise the rural hinterland to boost rural incomes and living standards, according to a policy statement he unveiled on Saturday and Sunday in Seke and Mhondoro that comes amid growing concern about a widening wealth gap and slowing economy. Chamisa pledged significant progress in rural rejuvenation…
