ZANU PF says the MDC is now operating from “the last chance saloon” to work with the former liberation movement and other political parties in the interests of the country and its long-suffering citizens. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the influential Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, also warned opposition leaders…
TAMARY CHIKIWA in BULAWAYO tchikiwa@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw PLUMTREE residents have been challenged to campaign against poor service delivery that has become the order of the day as the local authority fails to play it’s constitutional mandate. The town is experiencing service delivery challenges with poor access to water, slack garbage collection, sewer bursts and poor drainage systems….
HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned owners of illegal vending stalls and tuckshop traders operating on public spaces to pull down their structures before February 18 or risk the full wrath of the law. In a statement this week, HCC said that the construction of tuckshops on public spaces is a contravention of the…
Lloyd Matare THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday said it had to date arrested 417 833 people since March last year for violating regulations aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. ZRP said despite the lockdown regulations which exempt only essential service workers, indiscipline among Zimbabweans has become rampant. Writing on its twitter handle yesterday,…
ZIMBABWEAN businesses should leverage on areas where the country enjoys comparative advantage to reap the benefits of an integrated region following the commencement of trading under the continent-wide trade agreement, ZimTrade has said. In its Trading Post for January, ZimTrade said trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) comes at a time when…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have confirmed that the country will start vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 from next week — with healthcare workers receiving top priority in this inaugural phase. Speaking during a Daily News webinar yesterday, Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro said the first batch of 200 000 vaccines donated by Chinese…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AMID fears of a return to prolonged and debilitating power cuts in the country, following the blaze that engulfed Hwange Power Station on Wednesday evening, authorities were hopeful yesterday that the damage would be repaired quickly. Energy and Power Development minister, Zhemu Soda, told the Daily News last night that the…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) members are meeting today as the push towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather momentum. This comes as pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leaders to engage in open talks to help solve the country’s decades-long myriad crises. National Constitutional…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) director for health, Prosper Chonzi, pictured, has warned that the capital is at risk of much bigger and deadlier outbreaks of cholera and typhoid due to uncollected refuse and burst sewer pipes. Chonzi, who is also the city’s acting Town Clerk, said the diseases could cause…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AS THE momentum towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather speed, churches have now presented a draft talks framework to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leaders and other key stakeholders. The secretary general of the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), Kenneth Mtata, pictured, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they…
