By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) has demanded an urgent meeting with the government to discuss their conditions of service, which they claim have become so bad that they are no longer worth anything. This comes as other civil servants, including teachers, are also crying foul over their emoluments, with the government allegedly…
AUTHORITIES have banned all government workers from taking part in the upcoming national elections. In this regard, they have underlined that those who avail themselves as candidates in the polls without having left the civil service will be deemed to have resigned from the government. In a circular dated May 18, Public Service Commission (PSC)…
THE National Aids Council (Nac) says it is targeting the inclusion of key populations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities, in HIV and Aids campaigns in a bid to tame new infections. The government has already achieved its 2025 targets of 95-95- 95 on HIV prevention. The 95-95-95 is a concept introduced by…
POLICE have launched a national crackdown against illegal foreign currency traders, as authorities battle to stop the country’s worsening prices crisis. This comes amid growing calls for authorities to hold dialogue with all key stakeholders to mitigate Zimbabwe’s escalating economic challenges. Police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that law enforcement…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has withdrawn his urgent application in the High Court to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming the date for this year’s crunch elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora’s lawyer, Trust Semwayo, of Trust Law Chambers, said the decision to withdraw the application followed the realisation that the proclamation of…
THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) says 68 000 children across the country accessed protection services in 2022 after experiencing various social ills which include violence, abuse and exploitation. In a report released yesterday titled “Child protection: Let children grow up safely”, Unicef said many children in Zimbabwe continue suffering from various social ills….
THE government has started paying retention allowances to its critical staff in order to curb brain drain in the country. This comes as the government has over the years been hit by flight of critical skills in various sectors to foreign lands in search of greener pastures. In a statement yesterday, the Public Service Commission…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Traditional Medical Practitioners Council Zimbabwe (TMPCZ) has warned traditional healers against killing vultures for use during their healing ceremonies since the bird is important for the country’s ecological process and the cleaning up of the environment. This comes as some self-styled prophets and traditional healers reportedly use vultures’ heads to prophesy…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has once again called for urgent national dialogue to arrest the country’s worsening economic crisis. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, as prices of basic goods continue to run amok in retail outlets, Chamisa warned that the economy could collapse completely if the country’s political leaders don’t…
PREPARATIONS for this year’s crunch national elections are now in full swing. In this light, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has announced the opening of the voters’ roll for inspection. The inspection will commence this coming Saturday and end next week on Wednesday. Zec said yesterday that there would be 11 289 inspection centres in…
