THE Zimbabwe Road Administration (Zinara) says they are on course to settle a US$206 million loan it secured from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) for road rehabilitation after clearing more than half of it. Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts Committee yesterday, Zinara board chairperson George Manyaya said they had…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday raised concerns over what he called “systemic failure” within the Harare City Council (HCC), which has seen council employees failing to meet deadlines and better service delivery. This comes as the local authority has for years been failing to deliver services to its residents and has…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat A SERIOUS kerfuffle has erupted in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) group led by Welshman Ncube, after its secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu apparently appointed himself as the party’s leader in Parliament. This power grab is said to have happened despite Ncube’s camp having appointed Lynette Karenyi-Kore in that position,…
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has shut down any talk of President Cyril Ramaphosa stepping down after calls for his axing by some…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are fretting over the shortage of midwives especially in rural areas which has increased the maternal and infant mortality rate. This comes as the maternal mortality in Zimbabwe is 363 per 100 000 live births, according to the preliminary results of the 2022 Housing and Population Census. Speaking the National…
Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council is targeting to produce 520 mega litres of water per day by the end of this year. Speaking during a state of the city address last week, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said the local authority was going to scale up efforts to improve water supply in the city….
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE United Kingdom (UK) says its trade relationship with Zimbabwe has seen significant growth, bolstered by a trade agreement that provides Zimbabwean exporters with preferential access to its market. Speaking during the Chamber of Mines Annual General Meeting and Conference’s critical minerals symposium in Victoria Falls yesterday, head of strategy and…
THERE is a clique of politicians and legislators who are both in the ruling Zanu PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) which is hellbent on engineering another government of national unity (GNU) in the country solely to advance their political careers. So says the former leader of the Front for Economic Emancipation in…
FORMER Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has ruled out the possibility of President Emmerson Mnangagwa pushing for a third presidential term as speculated in the country. In a riveting interview with Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki on his popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, on independent commercial television station, 3Ktv, last Thursday, Tsenengamu said…
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has applauded the government for introducing the ZiG currency saying the move led to price stability. In its report released on Friday, USAid said the introduction of Zig currency by the government had caused exchange rate and price stability, which is benefiting ordinary Zimbabweans.“Following the introduction of…
