THE government says it is scaling up efforts to support small-scale miners, as it is currently in the process of setting up one-stop gold resource centres in all mining areas across the country in order to provide miners with relevant machinery for exploration. This comes as smallscale miners have expressed concern about a lack of…
Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured,’s appointment of officials into the Zanu PF politburo whose political careers had appeared doomed spells bad news for the ruling party’s rivals ahead of next year’s elections. This is the view of political analysts who also told the Daily News yesterday that the move would forestall another Zanu PF…
Ketty Nyoninyonikl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has set the producer prices for the 2022/2023 farming season in US dollars, with maize set at US$335 per metric tonne (MT). Addressing journalists at a joint press briefing, the minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, and his Finance counterpart, Mthuli Ncube, said the marketing and pricing system proposed is consistent with…
Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN’s rights organisations say although the proposed new law that will impose a 15- year mandatory sentence on rapists is a step in the right direction, this is not deterrent enough. In this regard, they are urging authorities to consider imposing a minimum 20-year sentence on convicted criminals, arguing that if the sanction…
Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) says it has put in place measures to address water challenges currently being faced by residents after getting funding from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Speaking in Harare during his end-of-year message yesterday, HCC city mayor Jacob Mafume said the water supply was being affected by the erratic…
Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw RESIDENTS are up in arms with Masvingo City Council over ‘exorbitant’ monthly bills, in spite of erratic water supplies worsened by the ongoing electricity load-shedding schedule. Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance, (Murra) says the new billing system, which is based on a forex rebasing payment system, needs to be revisited as some…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will officially launch next month, as the party steps up its preparations for the crunch 2023 national elections. Analysts who spoke to the Daily News last night welcomed the development saying it would end the detrimental uncertainty and incoherence that had dogged the party over the past 10 months….
THE National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) has expressed concern over low productivity in the fertiliser industry saying this will negatively affect the agriculture sector if left unaddressed. A report from a study recently conducted by the NCC revealed that the fertilizer manufacturing industry has been experiencing numerous challenges which have weighed on its competitiveness “resulting in…
By Ketty Nyoni NINETY-TWO people were killed and 333 others were injured in road traffic accidents that were recorded nationwide from December 15 to 26. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said this was an increase from the 72 deaths that were recorded last year during the same period….
By Ketty Nyoni A ‘‘PROPHET’’ helped police to arrest three men who are suspects in the killing of a Harare vendor in cold blood on Boxing Day. Addressing the media yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspects had visited the prophet after their alleged involvement in the murder — in which they stand…
