Top Stories

By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES will, with immediate effect, impose stiff penalties for offenders who throw litter in public places while repeat offenders will be charged with no option of a fine, but given mandatory community service. Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said during their deliberations, they had…

By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE National Assembly has penalised all Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators who boycotted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) and the official opening of the 10th Parliament yesterday. This came after Mnangagwa’s address where he challenged lawmakers to work hard and participate whole-heartedly in the…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Harare City Council (HCC) says it is supplying bulk water to suburbs with contaminated boreholes that have been decommissioned as part of its measures to control the cholera outbreak in the capital. This comes after at least 126 people in the country have died due to the diarrhoeal disease.Speaking to the…

BULAWAYO City Council is restricting its services to bad debtors in a bid to recover nearly $300 billion owed by residents, companies and the government. Mayor David Coltart said yesterday that the non-payment of bills was compromising service delivery in the city, which is battling myriad challenges — including dire water shortages. “The city will…

By Rutendo Ngara PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday met with a United Kingdom (UK) business delegation that has an interest in investing in various sectors of the country’s economy, including infrastructure and energy. In his opening remarks, Mnangagwa said relations between the UK and Zimbabwe were strengthening. “I recall that at the side-lines of the coronation…

NEARLY two million children in Zimbabwe, out of three million vulnerable citizens, are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the United Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has said. In its latest report, the United Nations (UN) agency also appealed for US$32.8 million to meet the requirements of vulnerable citizens. “Unicef is appealing for US$32.8 million to…

THE opposition now needs to accept the reality that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF will be in power for the next five years, and concentrate on the future. So says former Zanu PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu — who now leads the Front for Economic Emancipation Zimbabwe (FEEZ) — who adds that citizens are…

By Nyasha Kunyiswakunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AS the country is facing a fresh cholera outbreak, the government has stepped in to end the water crisis in Harare, purchasing a month’s supply of water treatment chemicals. This comes as Zimbabwe is facing a fresh cholera outbreak which has seen at least 126 people in the country recently losing their…

By Rutendo Ngara THE government has slashed wheat marketing prices from last year’s US$620 per metric tonne to US$520 this year. This comes as the country is expecting to harvest at least 400 000 metric tonnes of wheat this season from 85 000 hectares.In a joint press release yesterday, Agriculture and Finance ministers Anxious Masuka…

By Farai MabezaSENIOR STAFF WRITER MAJOR South African low cost carrier FlySafair has become the latest regional airline to join the busy Johannesburg-Harare route after making its inaugural flight yesterday. This comes as the airline launches its Johannesburg-Victoria Falls flight today, becoming the second new South African airline on the route in four months after…