Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has told nervous investors that the country remained a safe destination for business, notwithstanding the chaos that was caused by last week’s suspension of trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), the Daily News reports. This comes as economists have warned that the country is shooting itself…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira and the then permanent secretary in the ministry, Ngoni Masoka, have denied allegations of abusing their positions and prejudicing the ministry of over US$10 000 and corruptly accessing a US$90 000 loan. The two are in court on allegations of abuse of duty as…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE government is yet to decide on the school calendar despite that primary and secondary schools are reopening this month, the Daily News can report. This comes as schools were forced to close early in March as the government put in place lockdown measures to combat the spread of…
WITH Zimbabwe’s political situation remaining tense, the government is planning to introduce a new law which criminalises the spreading of falsehoods against key State institutions such as the military, the Daily News reports. At the same time, authorities said yesterday that they had now identified the people who recently claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE Health Services Board (HSB) told Parliament yesterday that the country’s health delivery system was being derailed by a cocktail of problems — among them budgetary constraints which were demotivating health workers, the Daily News reports. This comes as health workers have been on strike since last week pressing…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe dollar yesterday further lost value against the US$ by 12 percentage points as the country held its second foreign currency auction, a move set to result in increase in prices of goods and services in local currency. According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe auction results, the…
BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa, through his Higher Life Foundation (HLF), is offering US$50 per month to people affected by the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). The Econet Wireless Zimbabwe founder, whose HLF now offers free Covid-19 testing, is asking anyone who is currently suffering from the disease but has no real incentive to come forward. The…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw WITH Zimbabwe reeling from the double-whammy of the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s long-standing economic crisis, Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has lifted the lid on the immense challenges this is creating for the armed forces. This prompted analysts who spoke to the Daily News last night to…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw LEGISLATORS have lashed the decision by the government to go ahead with the June Ordinary and Advanced level examinations, which start today, saying schools are not ready to deal with the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News reports. Speaking before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday,…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants yesterday tabled their demand to be paid in United States dollars before the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC), the Daily News reports. This comes as the government recently awarded them a 50 percent salary adjustment and introduced a monthly US$75 Covid-19 allowance. The allowance would be for…
