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By Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE’s relentless power cuts worsened at the weekend after under-pressure power utility Zesa announced intensified load shedding which spooked both ordinary consumers and businesses alike. Responding to the brutal power cuts, a concerned president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), Kurai Matsheza, told the Daily News yesterday that the heavy load…

By Hazel Marimbiza POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt on suspected robbers who allegedly kidnapped two children in Upper Rangemore and later dumped them in a bush after failing to get cash in their home. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that they were on the lookout for the robbers.“Police…

By Dionne Kanyowa THE HIGH Court has invalidated  a directive issued by Local Government minister July Moyo which mandated all councils to include government officials in their committee and full council meetings, ostensibly to curb incompetence and increase transparency. This was after Chitungwiza Residents Trust took the government to court  challenging  another   directive  made by…

By Ketty Nyoni THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) have started a major one month-long training exercise, which involves the movement of soldiers to Mashonaland Central. ZDF director general for policy, public relations and international affairs, Brigadier General Augustine Chipwere, said yesterday that Zimbabweans should not be concerned by the “normal exercise”.He added that the scheduled…

By Rutendo Ngara DISGRUNTLED teachers say they are not ready to invigilate the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations which commence today. Unions that spoke to the Daily News yesterday said they were unhappy about their conditions of service. Zimbabwe National Union of School Heads (ZINUSH) spokesperson Munyaradzi Majoni said the whole teaching…

A BULLISH deputy Finance minister, Clemence Chiduwa, has projected further stability in the prices of goods in the country, while also predicting that it’s now a matter of time before once ubiquitous foreign exchange dealers go completely bust. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday at the weekend, Chiduwa said the government had found the…

YOUNG people in the country are less likely to participate in next year’s harmonised elections in which at least 67 percent of the people interviewed by Afrobarometer indicated that they will vote. The pan- African research institute Afrobarometer, represented in Zimbabwe by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI), interviewed 1 200 adult citizens of Zimbabwe…

THE Harare City Council has reached an agreement with the central bank allowing it to charge for services in local and foreign currency. The move, announced in a statement on Friday, marks a reversal by the Harare City Council of an earlier resolution that had required residents to pay for some services exclusively in foreign…

By BRANDON JOSPHAT AUDITOR-GENERAL Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in local authorities across the country characterised by poor governance around issues of contract management and mismanagement of assets, among others. In her 2021 Financial Year report on local authorities presented to Parliament last week, Chiri said local authorities were signing contracts in which the…