HARARE – Allies of Saviour Kasukuwere put up a spirited defence on Wednesday to prevent the politburo from referring the embattled Zanu PF national political commissar’s case for further investigations by State security agents who are seen as more sympathetic to their rivals, the Daily News heard yesterday. Going into the eagerly-awaited indaba with their…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s agricultural production is expected to significantly decline in the next two years due to changing weather patterns and lack of strong economic policies. In its 2017 Zimbabwe Economic Update released yesterday, the World Bank (WB) said the country’s economic growth will also taper down to 0,9 percent in 2018 — from this…
HARARE – Government will be diverting part of money collected for the Aids levy to bankroll cancer treatment, Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has said. Aids levy — introduced in January 2000 — is collected through a Parliament special tax act, which requires formal employers and their employees in Zimbabwe to contribute 3…
HARARE – Three quarters of the 8 600 schools in Zimbabwe do not have electricity and computers, making it extremely difficult to implement the new education curriculum, a teachers’ union has said. Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has implemented a review of the school curriculum that emphasises the expansion in the capabilities of…
MUTARE – A former Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) employee has been jailed for 50 years for stealing electricity transmission gadgets. Evans Mukorera, 31, of 131 Area 14 in Dangamvura was slapped with the lengthy sentence following his conviction on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Lazarus Murendo. [GoogleAd] Mukorera was convicted…
HARARE – Family of God Church leader Andrew Wutawunashe is locked in a messy divorce row with his estranged wife Rutendo Faith, who is demanding a share of church assets, arguing they are part of their matrimonial property. The two are seeking to end the marriage, which was solemnised in terms of Marriages Act (Chapter…
HARARE – Small-scale poultry producers are now feeling the heat of chicken shortages following the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu — also known as avian influenza — a few weeks ago. This comes amid indications that Zimbabwe’s largest poultry producer, Irvine’s, is yet to secure a licence from government to import hatching eggs…
HARARE – Four unsolicited bidders who sought to rehabilitate Harare’s water reticulation system at an estimated cost of $178 million have been turned down, Local Government permanent-secretary George Mlilo has said. This comes as Harare City Council (HCC) is currently rehabilitating Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Works (MJ) to increase water supply to 620 megalitres (Ml)…
BULAWAYO – Fire gutted a former automobile dealership in Bulawayo yesterday, destroying a landmark 11th Avenue building and burning at least four motor vehicles. No injuries were reported, the ambulance crew said, with firefighters aggressively battling the huge fire at the building once used by Toyota Motor Company as a showroom. The cause of the…
MUTARE – A Pentecostal church pastor, who suspended from church over an alimony row with his ex-wife, has been jailed eight months over $1 250 maintenance arrears. Itai Anderson Gutukunhuwa, 30, of Zore International Ministries, was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Innocent Bepura. He was charged for failure to pay maintenance…
