By Brighton Muronzereyi THE government has assured restless Zimbabweans that there will be improved power supplies during the festive period after the country managed to import supplies from the Sadc region following a payment of US$5 million, the Energy minister, Zhemu Soda has said. For over a month, Zimbabwe has been experiencing rolling blackouts as…
By Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO andTamary Chikiwa in ZVISHAVANE AT LEAST 12 young Zvishavane residents have died due to drug and substance abuse in 2022 amid concerns that abusing illicit substances was now prevalent in most schools in the mining town, a government official has confirmed. This was revealed during an anti-drug march organised by…
THERE is no end in sight to Zimbabwe’s debilitating power crisis, with authorities now unsure about when Hwange Power Station’s new Unit 7 with installed capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) will come on stream. This comes as hopeful senior government officials have been promising hurting Zimbabweans a blackouts-free future over the past few months, amid…
By Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITER SADC Interpol officers are undergoing training in Harare to tackle child abuse crimes both regionally and globally. Speaking at the official launch of the Victim Identification Task Force Africa training in Harare yesterday, police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga said the programme was aimed at increasing global capacity to deal with crimes against…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it is finalising the peace pledge to be signed by political parties ahead of the 2023 elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu said the pledge now only needed a few touches, after which political parties would take their oaths.“I…
By Yvonne Ncube A ZESA foreman has been dragged to court for employing ghost workers and receiving the non-existent employees’ salaries for personal gain. Moses Sithole on Monday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa Sangster facing fraud charges. He was not asked to plead. It is the State case that in 2020, Sithole indicated that he…
Regis Chingawo chingawor@dailynews.co.zw THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education has summoned the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) to provide an explanation for this year’s examinations paper leaks. This comes at a time when Zimsec’s legitimacy has been questioned for a while because of public examinations leaks, the most recent of which occurred…
ZIMBABWE is set to benefit from Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) Southern African agro-processing initiatives that aim to transform the country’s agriculture to ensure food security and better nutrition. Speaking at the southern Africa countries’ dialogue on sustainable food systems, which was running under the theme ‘effective partnerships for accelerated agri-food systems transformation in Southern…
SMALL-SCALE miners have so far this year delivered 22.2 tonnes of gold to Fidelity Printers and Refineries, deputy minister of Mines Polite Kambamura has confirmed, adding projections showed deliveries would increase in 2023. He was speaking at the launch of the Miners for Economic Development (Miners4ED) at the Golden Valley Mine in Chakari, Mashonaland West…
THERE is mounting disquiet within the ranks of Zanu PF over the preliminary outcomes of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) delimitation exercise. At the same time, the national elections management body has defended its work, saying that this won’t affect voting in the station-based polling that will still be in use in the crunch 2023…
