HARARE – Zimbabweans might be waking up to rain and yet more mud, but the good news is that the weather is still set to improve, with most areas mostly sunny and hot, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said. Temperatures are expected to rise with the sun breaking through thick cloud for bright spells….
HARARE – The Harare Fire department is operating with 79 workers out of a required 158, which has compromised the division’s ability to respond timeously to emergencies. According to the local authority’s latest report, the emergency department is operating at a critical staff deficit. Council spokesperson Michael Chideme told the Daily News that indeed the…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chimbo, facing charges of criminal abuse of office, has been successful in having his bail conditions relaxed by the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Chombo made the application through his lawyer Lovemore Madhuku to be allowed to report twice a week at Marlborough Police Station on Monday and Friday between 6am…
HARARE – The parliamentary portfolio committee on Energy and Mines yesterday said efforts to introduce reforms in the mining sector through the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill were long overdue. The committee chairperson Temba Mliswa told the National Assembly during the second reading of the Bill that in order to optimise production, the mining industry…
HARARE – Ex-Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga will be allowed to tend to his farm business in Makoni in Manicaland as he waits trial for slandering Vice President Constantino Chiwenga at a press conference last year. Yesterday, Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande altered bail conditions which his legal team said were “too stringent.” Chipanga, who…
HARARE – Parliament will hold a joint sitting next week to discuss legislators’ welfare just before the term of the 8th Parliament runs out. MDC MP for Musikavanhu Prosper Mutseyami raised the welfare issue in the National Assembly and demanded a joint sitting to put the issue to rest. “I am a member of the…
HARARE – The ruling party has all but shut its door on members of the Generation 40 (G40) faction who were given their marching orders towards the end of last year following a military intervention. At its 317th ordinary session in Harare yesterday, the Soviet-style politburo resolved that all expelled members of Zanu PF wishing…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe’s PhD saga has taken a new twist after the High Court reversed a ruling by a lower court giving investigators powers to search and seize all documents relating to the probe from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). In a judgment obtained yesterday, High Court judge Lavender Makoni ruled…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was yesterday rushed to hospital after suffering a dramatic fall at the Zanu PF headquarters — forcing him to cancel his politburo attendance. The 61-year-old tripped and fell and badly hurt his hand just after arriving for yesterday’s conclave, whose agenda included election preparations, mobilisation of voters, party regalia…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has capped withdrawal limits at $300 for tobacco farmers. This comes as the 2017/80 tobacco marketing season is expected to commence soon, and on the back of a crippling cash crisis, which has seen banks fail to disburse withdrawals. “In order to ensure a smooth payment system…
