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TAPIWA CHIRUMESTAFF WRITER THE Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ) has announced major policy expansions to its teacher welfare programme, starting with a comprehensive funeral cover and a pioneering land ownership initiative aimed at restoring the dignity of educators across the country. Speaking at the union’s annual general meeting in Harare recently, EUZ president Tafadzwa Chikwangwani,…

FOREIGN Affairs minister Amon Murwira has commended South Africa for supporting Zimbabwe’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the country’s bid for the 2027-2028 term last week. Speaking to the media in Beitbridge yesterday after meeting with South Africa’s minister of International…

AUTHORITIES have launched an inquiry into alleged rampant sexual harassment at the country’s institutions of higher education, that primarily emanates from gender power imbalances rooted in patriarchal attitudes. Speaking at the launch of the probe in Harare on Thursday evening, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission, Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe, said the aim of the investigation…

THE government has deferred its plans to introduce a wealth tax on affluent citizens, until the necessary legal and administrative framework is in place. This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube introduced a one percent wealth tax in his 2024 national Budget, saying at the time that the country’s tax system benefited the rich at…

By Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw MALARIA has killed 371 people since January across the country. According to the latest weekly disease surveillance report from the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), besides the deaths, the country recorded 137 639 malaria cases.  In the week ending August 31, the ministry recorded 990 cases of malaria and…

AUTHORITIES say China’s policy to open “green lanes” for the country’s agricultural products will increase the export of different horticulture products. Speaking in the capital yesterday during the Chinese National Day and 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Beijing and Harare, Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said the government was looking to the…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw NINE Chinese nationals convicted of illegal possession of cocaine were yesterday fined US$150 each, with the option of a six-month prison sentence. Harare magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe found them guilty of illegal possession of dangerous drugs. He ruled that the quantity of the hard substance they were found with was insignificant, and,…

Brandon Josphat and Blessings Mashaya MAIN opposition players squandered the opportunity to seriously engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu PF soon after the 2023 national elections. So says the former liberation movement’s director for information, Farai Marapira, who adds that with that window now gone, Zanu PF and the government are currently…

POWER utility Zesa has an­nounced that Unit 3 of Hwange Thermal Power Station, which generates 120 megawatts (MW), has been taken off the grid for statutory maintenance, further compro­mising the country’s electricity supply. The planned outage, which began on Wednesday, will last 44 days. Figures from Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Power Company, yesterday showed that…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER PARLIAMENT has called for the creation of a quota system to ensure young people are given priority in public service jobs, amid growing concern over unemployment and the exodus of graduates seeking opportunities abroad. Moving a motion in the National Assembly on Tuesday, legislator for Chiredzi Central, Ropafad­zo Makumire, said while…