HARARE – Having started the year engulfed with a myriad of problems — from fuel shortages, soaring prices of goods and services, shortages of drugs to labour disputes — the Daily News on Sunday’s Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda sought comments from a number of analysts just to find from them where they think President Emmerson…
HARARE – A former aide of ousted president Robert Mugabe has spilled the beans from his foreign base, saying Zanu PF has serious divisions that do not always play out in public. Lawrence Kamwi, who served as head of former first lady Grace Mugabe’s office and principal private secretary to the president also insinuated that…
HARARE – In a panicky move which analysts described as an act of desperation — and which economic experts said would not resolve the country’s debilitating fuel shortages — President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government sharply and immediately increased the prices of fuel last night. As a result, and with effect from midnight last night, the price…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s state oil company has issued a license to buy ethanol from the Zimbabwe unit of South African firm Tongaat Hulett to be blended with petrol, weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for higher use of the sugarcane by-product to help stem a worsening fuel crisis. Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Zera)…
HARARE – Government has immediately banned the importation of live cloven-hoofed animals and their products from neighbouring South Africa following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Limpopo province. Namibia, Botswana, Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, also immediately imposed a similar ban saying that the movement of cloven-hoofed animals coming from South Africa…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe women cricket are expected in the country this evening after a successful tour of Namibia. The team went on tour yearning for a whitewash and in the end it all came too easy for the locals after restricting hapless hosts Namibia to 60-all out before winning the final T20 match by…
HARARE – About 250 Civic Society Organisations (CSO) advocating for access to education under the Every Child in School(ECIS) campaign have called upon government to take stringent measures on schools which are sending learners away due to non-payment of fees. This comes after hundreds of pupils from across the country were earlier this week turned…
HARARE – The country’s imports are under threat with a possibility of creating shortages, after one of the world’s biggest shipping companies Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A (Zimbabwe) (Private) Limited (MSC) has written to authorities of its intention to stop the release of containers destined for the country in a bid to force it to pay…
BULAWAYO – The National Reclamation Assembly (NRA), an affiliate organisation of the MDC Alliance, has also piled pressure on the main political actors in the country to immediately consider dialogue to save the country, which is on the verge of imploding. The call by NRA comes after, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) early this…
HARARE – The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has invited interested consultancy companies to carry out a detailed study on the establishment of a motor vehicle accident fund. In a statement, TSCZ said the objective of the expression of interest is to pre-qualify consultants capable of delivering on the project. The traffic council added…
