THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was this week forced to suspend the setting of examination papers after examiners downed tools, rejecting a $4 000 payment offer which they deemed too little, the Daily News reports. On Tuesday, over 100 examiners, mostly teachers, who were camped at Chinhoyi University of Technology refused to prepare questions…
THE chaos that has characterised Zanu PF’s run-up to its crucial district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections has now hit President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home province of Midlands badly. Well-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that the ugly factional fights which had been witnessed in other provinces were now ravaging the region “big time” — with…
MDC Alliance proportional representative for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Dorcas Sibanda has lost a bid to challenge her recall from Parliament after the High Court dismissed her application. High Court judge Justice David Mangota dismissed with costs an application filed by Sibanda who was recalled from Parliament on October 1 after the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC had…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF has centralised the printing of ballot papers for its forthcoming district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections, to avert cases of fraud and rigging which have previously blighted its internal polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda said the move was also…
Blessings Mashaya CIVIL servants have rejected a 40 percent salary increase awarded to them on Tuesday by the government, the Daily News can report. This comes as teachers, who make up the bulk of public sector workers, have been on strike since September — pressing for better salaries and adequate personal protective equipment in light…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A WOMAN from Chivhu’s Highview suburb allegedly gruesomely murdered her four children, slitting their throats with a knife before setting the house on fire after a marital dispute with her husband. The woman, Emelda Marazani, 29, allegedly downed some poison in an attempted suicide, before handing herself over to the…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday asked Justice Benjamin Chikowere to recuse himself from hearing her application for an interdict stopping a tribunal set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa from probing her. Ndewere is facing misconduct allegations following delays to conclude cases brought before her. Mnangagwa has set…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ALARMED by the rising numbers of new coronavirus infections in the country, health experts have implored authorities to do more to prevent the breakout of a second wave of the lethal disease among the populace, the Daily News reports. On its part, the government has expressed grave concerns over…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative Steven Tserayi, who is facing charges of smuggling and unlawful possession of gold together with Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, suspects those in charge of investigations in the case are trying to pin him to the offence. He told the court yesterday that the…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is among Sadc countries facing an acute shortage of food along with Zambia, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said. This comes as the government has embarked on an ambitious Pfumvudza agriculture programme targeting 1,8 million households with the aim of…
