By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw LOCAL government minister Winston Chitando has given the Harare City Council (HCC) up to April 19 to come up with a roadmap that will address shortcomings that led to the rejection of its budget by the parent ministry. This comes as the HCC had its proposed 2024 budgets rejected by the…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has said that the Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS) introduced last year will help in weeding out corruption in courts and enhance access to justice by citizens. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday on the sidelines of the Gwanda High Court construction in Matabeleland South Province…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw POLICE commissioner general Godwin Matanga says enough police officers have been deployed on the roads to ensure that no illegal transporters pass through roadblocks this Easter holiday. This comes as at least 16 people died in one weekend ending March 17, while Transport Minister Felix Mhona has suspended licences for two…
THE State-owned Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is moving to stop leakages and curb corruption in the parastatal. Speaking at the Zinara annual general meeting (AGM) in Harare earlier this week, board chairperson George Manyaya said they had deployed strategies in the form of information communication technology targeted at plugging and optimising revenue…
THE brutal power cuts of the past few weeks are set to ease after it emerged that Zesa is ramping up its electricity imports from South Africa and Mozambique. In more good news for the utility’s longsuffering customers, Zesa has also managed to bring back online the refurbished Unit 6 at the key Hwange Power…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES will keep an eye on schools conducting illegal vacation lessons by deploying monitors across the country during the school holiday that commenced yesterday. This comes as the government has prohibited all schools from offering holiday lessons, stating that pupils had sufficient time to study during the schooling term.Speaking to…
Shamaine ChirimujiriStaff Writer AUTHORITIES have implored bus operators and drivers to prioritise people’s lives and to avoid road carnages this Easter holidays. This was said by the Transport deputy minister, Joshua Sacco, during the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe Easter campaign launch held in Harare, yesterday.“My clarion call this Easter is for a holiday that…
By Rutendo Ngara PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on farmers to be more productive as Zimbabwe battles to be food secure in the wake of the El-Nino-induced drought. He said this during the commissioning of Champion Foods milling plant in Tynwald, Harare, which has the capacity to mill 700 tonnes of grain per day.Mnangagwa said…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations (UN) says it has secured more than US$2 billion to Zimbabwe for humanitarian support for projects that started in 2022 and expected to be completed in 2026. This comes as Zimbabwe is facing an El Nino-induced drought, a ravaging cholera outbreak, and poor access to water and sanitation, all…
ZIMBABWE and Zambia are planning to retender the Batoka Gorge hydropower project with an estimated value of US$5bn and a capacity of 2.4GW. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), a joint venture between the two countries, is set to receive bids by April 2025, with the new potential developers expected by September of the same year….
