THE trial of former ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira again failed to get underway on Friday with new prosecutors coming in to handle the matter. The Nyanga South legislator is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office, accused of seconding his personal assistant, Tawanda Chinembiri, to the board of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to release funds for Bulawayo to address its perennial water challenges. According to the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes, Mnangagwa wants an end to the water woes in the city. “The response from His Excellency was that the government was committed to resolving the Bulawayo water…
ABOUT forty-two non-governmental organisations have come together to undertake an emergency Water Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) programme in the city after the outbreak of a killer diarrhoea disease. The disease has so far claimed 13 lives and affected over 2 000. The outbreak was largely blamed on contaminated water resulting from the city’s ageing water…
AS THE local and regional push to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic crises gathers pace, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will dispatch a high-powered delegation to Harare this week to see how Pretoria can assist the country. Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, confirmed to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday…
AMERICA’S ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols, pictured, urged the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to be more proactive in helping resolve the challenges faced by the country. The regional bloc should assist in “promoting national dialogue,” Nichols said in an interview on Friday with Johannesburg-based broadcaster eNCA. “The country is facing yet another drought and…
OVER 30 000 voters have responded to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s call to send in objections to MDCT leader Thokozani Khupe’s intention to replace MPs she recalled with nominees of her choice, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as Khupe has sent Zec names of 15 nominees to replace some of the…
SINDISO MHLOPE Senior Staff Writer msindiso@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has hiked bus and kombi fares for intra-city travel routes by 100 percent, citing rising operational costs. This comes as the government has maintained its ban on private kombi operators, while calling on the operators to join the Zupco franchise. Kombi fares have…
MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala has taken his freedom bid to the High Court for bail appeal after he was denied freedom by the lower court on Thursday. Sikhala, who is accused of inciting public violence, was denied bail by Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube who ruled that he was a flight risk. The magistrate…
WITH Zimbabwe’s political crisis deepening amid growing calls for an inclusive dialogue, senior consultant with the International Crisis Group Piers Pigou, told the Daily News on Sunday last week that South Africa must work with the country’s all-weather friends, China and Russia, to find solutions. Below are the excerpts. Q: What is your assessment of…
THREE weeks ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa unveiled the National Tourism Recovery and Growth Strategy, which targets to raise $600 million in rescue packages to prop up firms affected by Covid-19’s national lockdown and grow the industry to a US$5 billion sector by 2025. In an interview with our correspondent Shame Makoshori, Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu…
