PARLIAMENT has expressed concerns over the proliferation of fuel service stations close to residential areas, saying they pose a threat to human lives. Speaking in the Senate last week, Zanu PF Masvingo senator Tichinani Mavetera said a number of service stations were constructed in residential areas and this had a risk of endangering human lives….
FARMERS are calling upon the government to review upwards producer prices, which were set earlier this year, saying this will enable them to go back to the fields next cropping season. This comes as the government pegged the pre-planting producer prices for a tonne of maize at US$335, soya beans US$597,59 and sunflower at US$687,23,…
THE chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Priscilla Chigumba, has accused some of her colleagues of operating in breach of their mandates and holding clandestine meetings, as cracks at the elections’ management body widen. In an extraordinary letter to all Zec commissioners on February 22, Chigumba accused some commissioners of coming up with dubious…
By Brandon Josphat THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is not involved in nefarious activities and does not have links to people who are alleged to have implicated the apex bank in their illegal dealings in a documentary said to be planned for release by a major global broadcaster. Reacting to widely-circulated snippets…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE country is faced with a critical shortage of blood group O, which is in high demand in the country, the National Blood Services (NBSZ) has said. This comes after the NBSZ has been facing serious blood shortages for the past year, which has resulted in delays in operations at major referral…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) has urged Parliament to put pressure on the government to ensure fairness when they negotiate civil servants’ conditions of service. Giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Service, ZCPSTU secretary general David Dzatsunga said the government was the one dictating…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government has managed to bring back home 500 citizens who were enslaved in Asian countries and other destinations since 2014. This comes in the wake of the launch of the National Action Plan (Nac plan) aimed at curbing human trafficking. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the head of the secretariat…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AN ALLEGED game plan by the opposition to discredit this year’s national elections will be futile as President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF will romp to victory fairly and squarely, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has asserted. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Charamba also said by…
Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has ordered major power consumers to start paying their electricity bills in foreign currency. Described as Intensive Energy Users Groups (IEUGs), these major corporate consumers require more than 500 megawatts (MW) to run their operations.In a letter dated February 28 and addressed to IEUG chairperson Eddie Cross, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO FIVE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) first year students perished in a road traffic accident that killed nine people in Filabusi on Thursday, the institution has confirmed. The five died when a Toyota Wish vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a Nissan UD truck…
