ZIMBABWE is gearing up for next year’s elections after the Finance minister Mthuli Ncube provided $76 billion funding for the smooth running of the plebiscite. Presenting the 2023 budget at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden on Thursday, Ncube said preparations for the general elections had started in earnest. “The country will hold harmonised…
THE Gweru City Council (GCC) has rolled out US$90 000 towards a tower-light rehabilitation project targeting all residential areas in the locality. In its latest update, the GCC revealed that it purchased 600 lighting LED units which will replace the existing old ones which are no longer functional. “Gweru City Council acquired 600 Zimbabwe Energy…
BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE Harare City Council (HCC) has been forced to import its water chemicals from neighbouring Mozambique as local suppliers are failing to meet demand. Harare is facing a water crisis with some suburbs going for over two weeks without running water. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, HCC mayor Jacob…
THE government on Thursday set aside ZWL$195.5 billion in next year’s national budget to fund devolution projects such as construction of health…
BY YVONNE NCUBE THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has suspended commuter train services offered in conjunction with the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco), following unsettled debts that are being owed to the parastatal by the mass public transporter. In a statement yesterday, NRZ public affairs manager Andrew Kunambura said operations will resume after Zupco…
THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) has bemoaned high incidences of discrimination and sexual abuse among females in the film industry. This comes after a situational analysis of the film industry in Zimbabwe indicated that women constitute 31 percent of practitioners in the sector, with 69 percent being males. According to the report, 71.9…
SOUTHERN African countries will converge in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, next week to discuss the governance of labour migration as an instrument for…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Staff College in Harare is set to be transformed into a fully-fledged university by 2025. Speaking during a graduation at Morris Depot, University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Quality Assurance and Development executive Chipo Janda, who was representing UZ vice chancellor Paul Mapfumo, said the police’s learning centre had…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Sylvia ChirawuMugomba, has upheld a decision by Harare magistrate Hoseah Mujaya to dismiss local real estate owner, Bishop Jeche’s application for discharge at the close of the State’s case. Jeche is the director of East River Investments. In 2018, he and the real estate company appeared before the magistrates’ courts facing…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) is offering free medical consultations to blood donors, as the festive season approaches, in an effort to increase blood units. This comes as the NBSZ has set itself a target of collecting 6 960 blood units for use during the festive season. Speaking to Daily News…
