THERE are growing fears that Zimbabwe’s fast-deteriorating economic situation — marked by shocking price hikes and severe shortages of foreign currency, fuel and vital medicines — could trigger social and political unrest as has been witnessed in countries such as Sudan and Algeria, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as the prices of…
© Zimbabwe’s telecoms regulator has said prices of mobile data here are comparable to those obtaining in other Sadc countries, rubbishing a trending social media article portraying Zimbabwe as the most expensive country in terms of mobile data service, with a reported average price of $75,20 for 1GB. [GoogleAd] The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority…
© THREE years after the Mbare Biogas Digester project commenced amid expectation that it would be functional by January 2017 — it still has to be completed. A tour of the designated place behind one of Mbare flats in Harare revealed that the place has not been maintained. [GoogleAd] The biogas digester was to be fed…
© CHITUNGWIZA residents who built on top of sewer lines are now living in a ticking health time bomb as sewerage bursts have erupted causing fears of waterborne diseases. Community Water Alliance programmes manager Hardlife Mudzingwa said cases have been reported before but with no remedy. [GoogleAd] Mudzingwa said unless the problem is solved, Chitungwiza which…
© NORTON independent legislator Temba Mliswa has called upon Parliament to allocate at least 40 seats to youths and people living with disabilities saying they also deserve representation in the National Assembly. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt Development indaba on Public Finance Management, Mliswa said the 60 seats reserved for women in Parliament…
© MOST families in Zimbabwe are now surviving on one meal per day as prices of basic commodities continue to spiral out of control amid a worsening economic crisis, a Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) survey has revealed. The cost of living in the country has sharply risen with bread prices shooting up from around…
© ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it will today file an application for the State to be compelled to issue a postmortem conducted for the late Kelvin Tinashe Choto who was allegedly shot by soldiers during “Shutdown Zimbabwe” protests early this year. Fiona Iliff who is handling the matter confirmed to the Daily…
© GOVERNMENT has not been paying some of the teachers who took part in the December protests for two months since January, the Daily News can report. Members of the militant Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz), who staged a protest march from Mutare to Harare pressing for improved working conditions, were last paid…
© KUWADZANA residents woke up to no water meters after Harare City Council (HCC) employees removed them over non-payment of bills. Community Water Alliance (CWA) Ward 44 chairperson Miriam Nyamande told the Daily News that more than 30 houses had been disconnected. The disconnections come as Harare last week spent more than three days without…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been called upon to show leadership by backing secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to retain his position after he discarded his intentions to challenge for the top post. Mwonzora, along with MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri had indicated his intentions to contest for MDC presidency when the party goes for its elective…
