LOCAL NEWS

Staff Reporter

…as the people reflected on the August 1 2018 skirmishes

People from all walks of life have come out guns blazing telling the United States of America Embassy in Harare to keep to its lane and stop meddling in the political affairs of Zimbabwe.  This follows a Tweet posted on the US Harare Embassy Twitter Handle blaming Government for the skirmishes that occurred on 1 August 2018.

Political Reporter

All is not well in ZAPU with reports that the party’s interim president  Isaac Mabuka has unilaterally postponed the holding of the elective congress that was due end of August without informing other leaders.

Staff Reporter

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent condolence messages to the Banana and Haritatos families, following the passing on of former President Cannan Banana’s widow, Janet Banana as well as Angela Haritatos, mother to Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement, Vangelis Haritatos.

Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe yesterday took delivery of another batch of 800 000 Sinopharm vaccines from China as the fight against the third wave of the coronavirus continues and is expecting to receive another shipment of 700 000 Sinopharm vaccines today.

Staff Reporter

…as public and private organisations seek to prevent the spread

Since Government made it mandatory for its employees to get vaccinated or lose part of their salary, private companies and organisations are slowly taking a cue by advising their employees to ensure that they get vaccinated in order to protect everyone at the workplace from the Covid19 pandemic or at least show proof of a Covid19 negative certificate obtained at own cost.

Political Reporter

The Zimbabwe National Student’s Union (Zinasu) has greatly lost confidence in the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa whom they have since given a moniker ‘the clueless pastor’.

Staff Reporter

Government has resolved to take over payment of salaries and allowances for nurses and other health personnel from Chitungwiza Municipality and Harare City Council after the two MDC-Alliance-led councils failed to pay them, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.

Political Reporter

Analysts have hailed President Mnangagwa for observing gender parity in his appointments and said this was a step in the right direction towards the attainment of gender equality in top leadership positions in the country.

Staff Reporter

The ruling party Zanu-PF Annual National Peoples’ Conference pencilled for October 2021 will be held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has claimed more than 3000 lives in the country, the party’s National Chairperson, Cde Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri has revealed.

Staff Reporter

The Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education has postponed the July 2021 Theory Trade Testing Examinations, following the sustained Level 4 Covid19 lockdown regulations.