SOUTHERN EDITOR THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is poised to revolutionise its development trajectory through partnerships with the Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (Sirdc) and Midlands State University (MSU). A proposal before the council seeks to formalise these collaborations through Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in several strategic areas. “This initiative follows the correspondence…
GOVERNMENT says they have put all mechanisms in place to ensure winter wheat farmers are not affected by power outages by ring-fencing at least 500 megawatts (MW). The minister of Energy and Power Development, July Moyo, told a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday that they were taking advantage of improved water levels at Kariba…
POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw KEY stakeholders have called upon authorities to do much more to support hard-pressed Zimbabweans, as poverty levels in the country continue to increase. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the stakeholders said yesterday that some of the current estimates that suggested that up to 42 percent…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has received an expression of interest from a local private power company to carry out a feasibility study for the proposed installation of a 50-megawatt solar power production plant at Pelandaba Cemetery. The city’s latest council minutes revealed that the large-scale solar facility would pro – duce what…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AMID the government’s plans to transfer voter registration from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to the Civil Registry Department (CRD), analysts say other steps will need to be taken to engender more confidence in the country’s voting system. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer,…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER MDC president Douglas Mwonzora and ex-secretary general Tapiwa Mashakada yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of defrauding a would-be tenant of US$22 000 in paid rentals. Mwonzora, Mashakada, and Chengetai Guta, representing the MDC, appeared before magistrate Lisa Mutendereki facing fraud charges and were remanded…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has challenged Sadc Parliamentary Forum to champion the regional Parliament to spearhead economic development. This comes as Zimbabwe is preparing to host the 57th plenary Assembly of the Sadc Parliamentary Forum in Victoria Falls from May 31 to June 7. Speaking during the executive committee…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MAKOKOBA man has been convicted of fraud after duping a prospective tenant of US$660 by misrepresenting himself as the owner of a Hillcrest house. Keith Ndlovu appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Eva Matura facing fraud charges and pleaded guilty. The court heard that on September 11 2024, Ndlovu approached the complainant,…
SHAREHOLDERS of Khayah Cement (Khayah) are set for a crucial vote next month regarding the proposed delisting from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) to enable management to fully concentrate on company recovery efforts. If shareholders agree to the delisting plans via a vote at an extra-ordinary meeting slated for May 19, Khayah expects to delist…
THERE is little doubt that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term in office will be extended to 2030, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyamb said at the weekend. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Ziyambi added that the constitutional amendments that would make this possible were in the offing. However, he stressed that…

