Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s power crisis is worsening, with Zesa announcing yesterday its implementation of load shedding schedules lasting nearly 10 hours a day, the Daily News reports. The under pressure power utility said the increased power cuts had been caused by continuing breakdowns at two of its creaky electricity generation…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE GOVERNMENT has issued a stern warning to recalled MDC legislators who are refusing to return vehicles they got under parliament’s car loan scheme. Thokozani Khupe, who was declared the legitimate MDC acting president by the Supreme Court in April, has recalled 21 legislators believed to be rallying behind…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE MDC Alliance has slammed the government’s plans to fast-track the Cyber Bill, which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once it becomes law. This comes against the backdrop of government plans to also introduce the Patriotic…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw GENDER equality advocacy group, Musasa Project, has teamed up with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to provide four additional gender-based violence (GBV) response lines as part of efforts to fight the increasing scourge amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as the Southern African Development Community Gender Protocol…
Government should ratify United Nations conventions against torture or inhuman treatment as well as the international convention for the protection of all persons against enforced disappearances, civil society organisations have said. ZimRights and Heal Zimbabwe Trust, in statements marking International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances which is commemorated annually on August 30, raised…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Kembo Mohadi, pictured, has been sucked into a fraud case involving Bulawayo Zanu PF youth leader Blessed Mushandu, who is accused of swindling a Chinese businessman with interests in mining of over US$100 000. Mushandu claimed to be a secretary in the vice president’s office and that Mohadi…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has been taken to court for allegedly delaying issuing a coke export licence to Hwange Coal Gasification Company (Pvt) Ltd (Hwange). The company wants the High Court to issue the licence. Hwange, which has been exporting coke for over a decade now, has…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw MACHETE gangs have struck again in Matabeleland North, robbing people of their goods and money, the police have said. This comes after two men were arrested in Inyathi for allegedly attacking a mine on Thursday. “Two men were arrested in Inyathi in connection with a case of robbery which occurred…
WITH ZANU PF continuing to reel from its long-standing demons of factionalism and tribalism, its national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned that the future of the party is on the line if its bigwigs don’t stop their destructive politicking, the Daily News On Sunday reports. Addressing Zanu PF structures in Harare last week, the…
WHEN the Covid-19 pandemic hit the globe in December 2019, many projected that like many outbreaks before, countries would contain it before devastating economies. But eight months later, the world is battling to contain the epidemic. Lockdowns have affected food production and grounded economies. Three weeks ago, Zimbabwe responded by unveiling the National Tourism Recovery…

