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MORALE has reportedly hit rock-bottom in the army as the country’s soldiers wallow in poverty and are having to make do with inadequate rations and uniforms, NewsDay can report. This was revealed by Defence and War Veterans Affairs minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri while making a presentation at the 2023 Parliament pre-budget …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says corruption within government circles has reached alarming levels as some senior officials now deliberately deflate tyres of their new official vehicles, park them and use pool cars so that they buy them at book value while in good shape.  He made the remarks in Harare on …

The government is paying millions of dollars to a company corruptly awarded a €304 million (about US$320 million) contract to turn Harare’s waste into energy – even after the local authority cancelled the contract, it emerged on Monday. Without an open tender, the government awarded the Pomona Waste to Energy …

Fears are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were meant to attack the President ahead of the Zanu PF congress next week, military sources say.  Zanu PF holds its elective …

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is next week expected to emerge triumphant at the crucial Zanu PF elective congress after a fierce power struggle — characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade attack, poisoning and purges, as well as fears of yet another military coup — over the unresolved party leadership rivalry between …

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima says former state security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube needs psychiatric examination over chilling threats government will deny food hand-outs and unleash violence against the opposition during election campaigns next year. Home Affairs deputy minister Ruth Mavhungu Maboyi also said the excitable …

Constitutionally, Presidential, Parliamentary and local authority elections must take place in July or August next year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has noted and so there shall be no by-elections for vacant Parliament and local authority seats from November 1 this year. Section 143 of the Constitution states that Parliament …

Teachers’ unions have blamed the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) examination leakages on ‘structural and ethical decay’ as ZIMSEC continues to fail to conduct flawless exams. ZIMSEC has the prerogative to administer and play a watchdog role for national Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations. However, Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of …

Zimbabwe prison authorities have finally given in to pressure by CCC leader Nelson Chamisa to be allowed to visit jailed lieutenants Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole at Chikurubi Maximum Prison but set tough conditions for the opposition chief to abide by while in the precincts of the country’s biggest jail. …

About 93% of Zimbabweans have no access to health insurance due to high poverty levels in the country, while only 7% can afford private health services. This came out during a stakeholder engagement meeting on revitalising primary health care in the country to promote universal health coverage which was hosted …