MORE and more Zimbabwean students are leaving to study in the United States of America (US) with nearly 2 000 currently enrolled at various institutions of higher learning. The US embassy in Harare yesterday said the US remained a destination of choice for Zimbabwean students with the numbers increasing year after year, putting it in…
ZANU PF Harare province yesterday suspended 10 senior members, including its political commissar Kudakwashe Damson and district chairperson Godwin Gomwe, over misconduct allegations. A letter dated yesterday and signed by the party’s Harare provincial disciplinary committee chairperson, Ephraim Fundukwa confirmed the suspension of the 10 provincial and district coordinating committee (DCC) members “Following the decision…
THE Chitungwiza Town Council (CTC) is proposing a US$39 million budget for the 2025 financial year with the largest chunk of the funding set aside for service delivery. Delivering the city’s 2025 budget in Chitungwiza on Thursday, the council’s finance committee chairperson Peter Matiringe said the proposed budget would, among other things, also prioritise improved…
AUTHORITIES should make public the findings of a commission which probed the illegal sale of State land so that desperate home seekers are not exploited by land barons. So say Members of Parliament, who argued in the august House this week that publicising the findings of the Justice Uchena Land Commission would expose land barons…
PARLIAMENTARIANS put the government under spotlight on Wednesday, demanding answers on the continued power outages currently being experienced in the country. This comes as power utility, Zesa, has confirmed that Hwange Thermal Power Station is down, resulting in reduced power supplies in the country. It also comes as the country as of yesterday generated 1…
HEALTH experts have urged authorities to strengthen the country’s health infrastructure in order to curb the spread of cholera. This comes as the resort town of Kariba was hit by a cholera outbreak last week, recording five cases and one death in the Gatshe Gatshe area. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, president of the…
THE government says financial challenges are hampering the processing of blood at Parirenyatwa hospital. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Shamva South legislator Joseph Mapiki asked the deputy minister of Health Sleiman Kwidini about the need for authorities to utilise the disaster fund to address the shortage of blood in hospitals where women were…
GOVERNMENT has ordered Harare City Council (HCC) to stop, with immediate effect, the ongoing demolition of illegally-constructed houses in the capital. This comes as the council last week destroyed illegally constructed houses in Belvedere, adjacent to the National Heroes Acre, and some shops at Mbare Musika. Addressing the media during an inspection of a Pinnacle…
AUTHORITIES say the recently launched Pinnacle Properties’ housing project, Nyore Nyore Housing Scheme, will augment President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 2030 vision for an upper middle-income economy. Addressing the media after inspecting the affordable housing scheme in Harare South yesterday, minister of Local Government Daniel Garwe said the project was set to see the construction of 250…
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) says it is owing farmers US$21 million in outstanding payments from the 2022/2023 farming season. Appearing before Parliament Public Accounts Committee (Pac) chaired by Chalton Hwende on their audited financial statements in the 2023 Auditor General’s Office report in the house yesterday, GMB chief executive officer Edson Badarai said they…
