MORE chaos hit the Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC)’s unconventional primaries for its aspiring MPs and councillors for this year’s crunch national elections at the weekend. This boiled over into violent clashes among the party’s supporters in Marondera, Zaka and Norton, among other places, as unhappy followers of rival candidates squared up to each other. The…
THERE continues to be shortages of some basic goods in retail shops, with mealie meal now among the products being traded on the black market exclusively in US dollars. Both millers and authorities confirmed the “artificial” shortages of the staple food — saying the country had surplus maize grain. The chairperson of the Grain Millers…
By Rutendo Ngara GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, established a committee that will investigate the “artificial” shortage of 14 basic products including bread, mealie meal, flour and cooking oil. This was confirmed yesterday by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa at the post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare who said the committee is made up of the Finance…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES say they have managed to clear a large chunk of their US$14 million salary arrears owed to Zimbabwean diplomats posted outside the country and the country’s subscriptions to international organisations. Speaking to the Daily News recently, Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick Shava confirmed that, through the Treasury, the ministry had managed to…
AN internal audit by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has exposed the sorry state of the city’s ambulance services, a development that raises concerns over the welfare of patients in the second capital. A recent audit report obtained by the Daily News yesterday showed that the city was operating with a fleet of only six…
GOVERNMENT says agriculture mechanisation investments will help transform the country’s farming landscape and contribute to economic growth. In January this year, a total of 1 635 tractors, 16 combine harvesters and other farming implements, including boom sprayers, valued at US$66 million, were commissioned in Harare by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko….
VAYA Technologies, an EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited subsidiary, has unveiled a smart solution called Asset Track, which allows businesses and individuals to remotely track their electronic assets. The Internet-of-Things (IoT)- enabled innovative solution is designed to locate, monitor and safeguard valuable equipment, such as laptops, TVs, desktop computers, solar systems and POS terminals in real…
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday threw out an application by opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora challenging the validity of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) recently gazetted delimitation report. The ruling clears the way for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to go ahead and proclaim the dates for this year’s crunch national elections. Had Mwonzora’s case been successful, it…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe’s re-engagement and engagement processes are gaining traction across the globe. Addressing thousands of mourners gathered at the National Heroes Acre for the burial of the late Abraham Kabasa yesterday, Mnangagwa said his recent visit to the United Kingdom to attend the coronation of King Charles III on…
IN AN unusual case, police have shot dead six wild cats that were terrorising some residents of Chivhu. Provincial police spokesperson for Mashonaland East, Simon Chazovachii, told the Daily News yesterday that law enforcement agents had recently been compelled to put down the cats after receiving repeated complaints about the normally domesticated small mammals. “Several…
