By Nyasha Dube FIVE workers’ unions have dragged Labour minister Paul Mavima and the Public Service Commission (PSC) to the High Court accusing them of violating their work-related rights. The five are the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta), the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz), the Educators Union…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has yielded to the demands of his defiant MPs over the controversial US$40 000 parliamentary housing loans to legislators. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said by capitulating to his MPs’ demands, Chamisa had avoided creating fresh major rifts in his fledgling party.Some of the…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government is stepping up its efforts to end worrisome deaths of livestock by launching a vaccine which it says will help to curb a lethal disease that is killing cattle. This comes as the country has lost at least US$150 million in the last four years alone, after about 500 000…
By Brighton Muronzereyi ZIMBABWE is plotting to pull out of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) after its proposals, including selling its ivory stockpiles, were rejected at the just-ended CITES conference held in Panama. Harare has been failing to sell its stockpiles due to an international ban on ivory trade. With a…
By Rutendo Ngara SIX people died on Tuesday in separate road accidents, the second in less than a week as the festive season looks to be bloody. Last Saturday, six people died while nine others were injured when a truck rammed into a Nissan Caravan vehicle along the Kwekwe-Gokwe Road. In a statement yesterday, police…
By Rutendo Ngara UNITED Nations (UN) resident coordinator Edward Kallon claims that gender-based violence (GBV) cases in the country are underreported. Speaking during a campaign against GBV in Harare yesterday, Kallon said there was a need to up the game in the fight against the scourge in order for the country to achieve Sustainable Development…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE coming Christmas and New Year holidays will likely be time off that only the Grinch will savour, as the country’s brutal power cuts worsen and prices of basic goods start to tick up again. This comes as reeling businesses have warned of potential significant retrenchments if the electricity crisis continues for…
By Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES say they will be introducing more reforms in government as part of efforts to end the entrenched culture of indiscipline and wasteful spending within the public sector. This was revealed by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Finance, George Guvamatanga, earlier this week during a post-budget meeting held in Harare….
By Nyasha Kunyiswa SOME Harare residents have threatened to take to the streets to demonstrate against the city council for demolishing their property. Mufakose residents on Lot 2 Subdivision B of Subdivision A have since petitioned the council on the matter. This comes as the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has directed the Criminal Investigations Department…
By Nyasha Dube ZIMDANCEHALL music producer Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, better known as Levels was yesterday granted $20 000 bail at the Harare Magistrate’s Court where he had appeared facing rape and two other charges. Kadzimwe was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping his girlfriend, Ashley “Shashl” Moyo, before leaking their nude pictures and sex tape on…
