Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has accused some players in the livestock sector of short-changing farmers by playing multiple roles in the value chain when they are not supposed to. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary Obert Jiri said some of the players in the sector who own…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw THE ruling Zanu PF won the Gutu West constituency in the by-election that was held over the weekend in Masvingo Province, taking its tally to 137 MPs out of the 210 in the National Assembly. This comes as elections in the constituency could not be held simultaneously with the August harmonised…
A SUSPECTED habitual offender allegedly convinced his ex-wife to legally change their son’s name so that he would share Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s surname. Lloyd Matotote, 36, who was previously arrested for masquerading as the vice-president’s close aide, is now facing another charge of falsifying a birth certificate. He was brought before Harare magistrate Dennis…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI POLITICAL analysts yesterday laid much of the blame for the shocking carnage taking place within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the country’s opposition generally at the hands of Nelson Chamisa. At the same time, the analysts said Chamisa’s faint hopes of saving the CCC from imploding altogether…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) stalwart and former MP for Harare East Tendai Biti has refuted allegations that he was behind the ongoing crisis in the party saying he has never sold out their struggle. This comes after Biti and another party stalwart, Welshman Ncube have been accused of being behind Sengezo…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE government has approved a proposal for traditional leaders to also receive a thirteenth cheque just like civil servants. In a letter dated November 7, and addressed to the secretary of the Public Service Commission, secretary in the ministry of Finance George Guvamatanga said the government had approved that this year traditional…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) has demanded that nonuniformed civil servants be paid a clothing allowance as part of their conditions of service. This comes as the government has said all government workers were due to get their full bonuses this year beginning next week, albeit in staggered…
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora was on Friday chased away from the party headquarters in Harare by employees who threatened to take over the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House over unpaid salaries. The disgruntled MDC employees took their anger to the party headquarters where they were chanting slogans and singing songs denouncing Mwonzora for letting them down…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE government is concerned about the country’s low stocks of critical drugs. Speaking in Harare yesterday, the minister of Health Douglas Mombeshora confirmed that the country was facing a serious shortage of medicines at all levels. “The country is facing a serious shortage of medicines at all levels. I…
CIVIL servants will be paid their thirteenth cheque this year in batches starting next week, the government has said. Last year, the government broke with tradition as it was forced to stagger the payments, with employees in the security forces being the first ones to receive their dues in November, while the rest got theirs…
