By Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw GIFT Kudakwashe Machinga was yesterday officially installed as the new United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (UMC) bishop at a ceremony held at the Chisipite New Methodist Circuit, Harare, attended by thousands of church members. Bishop Machinga, who was a pastor, takes over from Bishop Eben Nhiwatiwa who has retired. “Today is…
THE country’s second city is battling a critical shortage of ambulances. Speaking during a pass-out parade for graduating firefighters at the weekend, the city’s chamber secretary, Sikhangele Zhou, said the metro only had seven ambulances — when 30 were needed to be able to offer optimal services. “We only have seven out of the required…
AUTHORITIES want to establish a Victoria Falls International Financial Services Centre to attract international companies to invest in various sectors of the economy. According to the latest Government Gazette, the centre would be headed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa together with Finance and Justice ministers, Mthuli Ncube and Ziyambi Ziyambi. “There is hereby established pursuant to…
THE government says it will not privatise water in Bulawayo if the council’s proposed water utility project proves to be a viable solution to the water challenges facing the city. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the minister of Local Government, Daniel Garwe, said the government would interrogate Bulawayo’s water utility proposal in…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI UNITY, not confrontation, is the tonic that Zimbabwe needs to move the country forward and to end its decades-long political and economic challenges. So said representatives of business and labour yesterday, while also discouraging ordinary Zimbabweans and workers from participating in Monday’s mooted mass protests around the country. Speaking…
BY TAKUDZWA DHAMBU AUTHORITIES have implored private companies to build their own power-generating plants and alleviate pressure on the national grid. This comes as Zesa recently said the country’s electricity supply situation would worsen in the coming weeks, after two key units at the Hwange Thermal Power Station were removed off the grid for maintenance….
THE government is moving to amend the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) Act to improve the living conditions of pensioners. This comes as Parliament has raised concerns over the meagre monthly pay-outs pensioners were receiving as they were inadequate to cater for their basic needs. Responding to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Service, Labour…
BY THABISO MUTIRWARA THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in the process of removing 25 527 deceased voters across the country from the voters roll in terms of the Electoral Act if no objections are made. This was confirmed in a notice on Friday by the acting chief elections officer, Simbarashe Tongayi, in the latest…
SENATORS have strongly voiced concerns over the continued deteriorating health delivery system in the country, describing public hospitals as “death beds”. This comes as the ministry of Health says inconsistencies and delays in the disbursement of funds by the Treasury have negatively impacted the country’s health institutions’ operations. Debating a motion on the state of…
By Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITER POLICE are hot on the trail of criminals linked to a series of pre-dawn terror attacks that took place in and around Harare early yesterday, at the business premises of three prominent people and a Cabinet minister. It is believed that the suspects drove in separate jalopies to the properties of…
