Interview by Guthrie Munyuki Group Editor-In-Chief WITH the call from Zanu PF’s women and youth leagues for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond the expiry of his final term in office in 2028 getting louder by the day, his biographer and renowned economist Eddie Cross believes the president will not go for a…
CHAOS continues to ravage the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) despite the valiant efforts by the party’s interim leadership to heal its divisions. This comes as Sengezo Tshabangu — who CCC bigwigs no longer recognise as the party’s interim secretary general — insists that he remains “in charge” of the outfit’s day to day functions…
THE commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate the Harare City Council (HCC) will hold public hearings starting today. Retired judge, Justice Maphios Cheda — who is chairing the commission — confirmed the development yesterday. “The commission of inquiry into the Harare City Council governance would like to inform the public…
By Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says over 2 400 children were admitted this year in various hospitals across the country for severe wasting treatment. Severe wasting, also known as severe acute malnutrition, is caused by a lack of nutritious food and repeated bouts of diseases, including diarrhoea, measles and malaria,…
TELONE in partnership with a local innovation start-up, Batsi Health, has launched a women empowerment programme called BatsiWomen aimed at uplifting the lives of less privileged women across the country. The programme is set to enroll 500 women in five districts, training them in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, leadership, digital marketing, and basic information, communication technology…
THE proposed Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill has left lawmakers divided with the opposition MPs saying the Bill seeks to bar the operations of non-State actors. On the other hand, legislators from the ruling party – Zanu PF – are arguing that the law is progressive.Debating in the National Assembly last week, Citizens Coalition…
AUTHORITIES have confirmed the arrest of over 400 touts across the country in a latest blitz to get rid of gangs that threaten and force travellers to board public or private vehicles. In a statement yesterday, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the arrests were meant to protect commuters from being victimised by the rowdy youth.“The…
THE Bond Market Association of Zimbabwe (BMAZ) and the Botswana Bond Market Association (BBMA) this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) expected to lay groundwork for the acceleration of capital raising instruments for infrastructure projects. The bond market is often referred to as the debt market, fixed-income market, or credit market. It is the…
THERE is a new twist to the claims that three well-known businessmen bagged a fortune from a multi-million-dollar Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender to supply materials for last year’s polls. This comes after both Zec and Ren-Form, the South African company that was contracted by Zec to supply the goods under scrutiny, dissociated themselves from…
PUBLIC schools are owed over US$56 million in outstanding Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) fees. This was confirmed in the National Assembly last week by Social Welfare minister July Moyo who blamed the delays in paying out the funds to cash-flow challenges bedevilling the country’s economy. Beam is a national school assistance programme which was…
