THE government has announced a phased reopening of all school grades starting on Monday amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as teachers yesterday said they will not return to work for the Zimsec examination classes expected to start next week if the government does not address the issue of poor remuneration…
THE ruling Zanu PF has threatened to crack the whip on party bigwigs interfering with processes of the impending party district coordinating committees (DCC) elections, the Daily News reports. This comes amid reports of infighting between the party bigwigs over candidates to participate in the elections to re-introduce the DCCs that were dissolved in 2012….
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa separately last week — in a bid to help end the country’s myriad challenges. The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC), which was part of the group…
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, who is also the country’s Health minister, has pledged to improve the working conditions of public sector health workers, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Health Apex Council has rejected a proposed 40 percent salary increase for doctors, nurses and other health workers that the government recently tabled. It…
ZANU PF yesterday issued a stern warning to party members who are allegedly fomenting factionalism ahead of District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections. This comes as Zanu PF started re-constituting DCCs that were dissolved in 2012 due to factionalism that threatening to split the party down the middle. There are reports that the coming DCC elections…
WITH the country and its two major political parties — Zanu PF and the MDC — continuing to contend with serious challenges, the church has renewed its calls for all Zimbabweans to come together in the national interest. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the concerned clerics said it was particularly important for Zanu PF…
AN AGRICULTURAL expert says the government must ensure food security to avoid compromising national security and must deal harshly with parasitic side marketers fleecing farmers, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is on a mission to end food imports and achieve food self-sufficiency and achieve a US$8,2 billion agriculture industry by 2025. Speaking…
THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Zimbabwe has said 70 percent of the country’s returnees are in urgent need of food and financial assistance, the Daily News reports. This comes as scores of Zimbabweans living and working abroad have returned to the country owing to the negative impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on their…
FORTHRIGHT former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says the push by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises rests on them winning support from brawling Zanu PF factions. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday in an exclusive interview yesterday, the steadfast Zanu…
IMPOVERISHED Zimbabwean teachers have resorted to “chikorokoza” as they try to make ends meet, a body representing them has claimed. Zimbabwe Teachers Association Bulawayo chair, Wilson Mangena, shocked delegates attending an education indaba organised by Women of Zimbabwe Arise in Bulawayo yesterday that tutors have joined the band wagon of illegal mining. “Teachers are now…
