THERE is no joy for incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala, as he will remain in prison after the Harare magistrate’s court yesterday dismissed his latest application for bail. This marks the 12th bail attempt Sikhala has made since he was arrested in July for allegedly inciting the violence that erupted in…
PARLIAMENT has set up an ad hoc committee to review the preliminary delimitation report. In a letter to the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda by the acting clerk Helen Dingani, Parliament is proposing a 13-member committee to go through the delimitation report that was presented to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on December 26, 2022, by the…
By Hazel Marimbiza ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has called on the Church to pray for peace and calm ahead of next year’s general elections saying this was necessary for the country’s development. Speaking at a National Prayer Service in Bulawayo yesterday Chiwenga said the government appreciated the Church’s initiatives to lobby for the removal of…
By Ketty Nyoni THE mining sector has this year contributed over US$7 billion to the economy as the country chases its US$12 target for the industry by next year, the government has confirmed. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a press briefing held in Harare yesterday, minister of Mines Winston Chitando said…
The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) has reaccredited the Zimbabwe National Seed Testing Laboratory, a development that authorities hope will consolidate the reputation of the seed industry in the country. In a statement yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, John Bhasera, said the reaccreditation showed the country’s consistency in maintaining the standards…
Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are pushing for even tougher laws to be deployed against criminals who use dangerous weapons that include guns, machetes and knives. Speaking last night on independent national television channel 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi, said this was so because law enforcement agents were very worried about…
Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw TO FIND long-term answers to the energy crises currently plaguing Zimbabwe, the country needs to turn inward, according to former Energy minister Fortune Chasi. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chasi emphasized that the nation needs, among other things, to encourage the use of renewable energy sources and allow the importation of home…
Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw CONSUMERS have called on Zesa to come up with a clear loadshedding schedule to enable them to plan accordingly in the wake of the current power outages in the country that have seen many people lose their valuables, including electric gadgets. Speaking to the Daily News in an interview yesterday, Consumer Council of…
Nyasha Dubeduben@dailynews.co.zw AN OFFICIAL from the ministry of Housing and Social Amenities, Owen Nhoro, has been implicated in a shady deal that involved the sale of a stand in Whitecliff. This comes after a Harare man Simbarashe Kambamura, approached the High Court to challenge a magistrate’s decision to dismiss his application for an eviction order…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says almost two million hectares of land was destroyed by veld fires across the country this year, which represents an increase of 60 percent in comparison to last year. In a statement yesterday, Ema spokesperson, Amkela Sidange attributed the increase to climate change and called for concerted efforts to mitigate…
