BY RUTENDO NGARAStaff Writer JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has shot down a proposal by Senators for the government to give farmers access for loans to purchase diesel generators to mitigate the effects of power outages at their farms saying they cannot afford them owing to low incomes. This comes as farmers have been crying foul…
Brandon Josphat and Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are considering putting in place a new law that will compel all political parties operating in the country to be registered. The chief elections officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Utloile Silaigwana, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they had already approached Parliament on the…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government is set to roll out oral polio vaccination beginning next week for children below 10 years of age amid fears of a type two polio virus outbreak. This comes as the government is currently battling a cholera outbreak that has so far claimed the lives of several people across the…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government will endeavour to provide alternative accommodation to families being evicted from the State and municipal land that they are occupying illegally. Responding to questions in the Senate on Thursday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said it was the government’s duty to relocate affected families. This comes after unhappy Zanu PF…
FORMER legislator Job Sikhala and former Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko have been found not guilty of disorderly conduct by a Harare magistrate. Sikhala and Maiko were on trial after being accused of disrupting a Zanu PF rally organised by Charamba Mlambo in preparation for the 2022 by elections. The State had alleged that the duo…
FOUR juveniles suffocated to death during child play in Hopely, Harare, after they locked themselves in a broken down and idle vehicle. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the incident occurred between 12 noon and 1900 hours on Thursday. “The four juveniles opened the rear passenger door of a Black Toyota…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s upcoming monetary policy statement (MPS) will go a long way towards stabilising both the local currency and prices. So vows RBZ governor John Mangudya, who reiterated to the Daily News yesterday that new policy measures would be taken to ensure that the buying power of the Zim dollar was…
By Brandon Josphat UNHAPPY Zanu PF legislators confronted Lands minister Anxious Masuka on Wednesday over the ongoing blitz by authorities on people living illegally on State and local councils’ land countrywide. Zanu PF chief whip, Pupurai Togarepi, yesterday confirmed the MPs’ meeting with Masuka at the party’s headquarters in Harare, but played down the differences…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES say they are having a series of engagements with industry and relevant stakeholders to address the issue of price hikes and distortion in the market. This comes as the prices of basic consumer goods in the country continue to skyrocket largely due to the relentless slump of the hapless Zimbabwe dollar…
FORMER Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of US$500 for posting a video on social media that “damaged the reputation of the Zimbabwe Republic Police”. He was recently convicted of communicating falsehoods prejudicial to the State after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka ruled that he had posted a video on…
