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LEGISLATORS have implored the government to review tuition fees for tertiary education institutions downwards so they remain affordable for all learners despite their backgrounds.  This comes after the Student Representative Councils (SRCs) of tertiary education institutions petitioned the parliamentary portfolio committee on Higher and Tertiary Education pleading for a 50 percent reduction of fees.  Learners…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has finally been given the green light by the Local Government ministry to fill all its vacant staff posts.  Service delivery in the city has been greatly crippled as BCC had at least 1 341 vacant staff posts, especially in the health department where workers were resigning en masse for greener pastures…

By Loyd Matare and Blessings Mashaya HEALTH experts have implored Zimbabweans not to let their guard down against the resurgent coronavirus pandemic, warning further that disregarding the disease’s public management measures would lead to more fatalities in the coming weeks. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded 26 deaths in the last week alone — prompting authorities…

OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, in Harare on Friday, where he presented his proposals for the much-talked about national dialogue. Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd Damba confirmed to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday that his boss had indeed met both Mnangagwa and Chiwenga to discuss the country’s…

BLESSINGS MASHAYA & LOYD MATARE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday described the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance as a terrorist organisation bent on causing divisions and anarchy in the country. Speaking during the launch of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Economic Empowerment Programmes and vetting exercise in the capital, Mnangagwa said the ruling party must defend the…

THE European Union (EU) has once again implored Harare to further open the country’s democratic space if relations with Brussels are to get warmer. In a statement after its Harare office met with new Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava, in Harare on Thursday, the key bloc said it was concerned about “the lack of progress…

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga last night announced new strict Covid-19 lockdown restrictions which come into effect tomorrow after the government noticed increased complacency from citizens which put the country at risk of entering a third wave of the pandemic.  This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded 26 deaths and 596 new cases in the last seven…

INFORMATION Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere hopes Community Information Centres (CICs) the government is setting up across the country will help fight drug abuse as the youth will have less idle time on their hands.  Muswere was speaking in Binga yesterday where his ministry and the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) were…

MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, who is accused of assaulting a Russian national Tatiana Aleshina, will now stand trial on June 18 after the dismissal of his application in which he sought prosecutor Michael Reza’s recusal from the case. In his application, Biti argued that Reza’s past conduct showed that he would not be…