By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi THE country’s divided opposition is up against it as next month’s harmonised elections get ever nearer, analysts said yesterday. This comes after the latest Afrobarometer survey on the polls showed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his long-ruling Zanu PF are headed for re-election. At the same time, former Zanu…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has called on stakeholders to promote responsible population management in order to ensure all citizens have access to basic services. In a statement yesterday, Zimstat public relations officer Mercy Chidemo said as the country commemorates World Population Day, it was important to ensure every citizen had access to health…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is meeting with all key stakeholders nationally ahead of the August 23 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZHRC chairperson Elasto Mugwadi said the first of this series of engagements — made to help facilitate peaceful and credible polls — was…
AN EPWORTH man is facing murder charges after he allegedly stoned a fellow imbiber over a commercial sex worker. The alleged murderer, Wenset Charuzika, 35, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday who remanded him in custody to July 26 before advising him to approach the High Court for bail.The court heard that Charuzika…
CABINET has resolved to sell 10 000 metric tonnes of maize to Rwanda as the country has sufficient grain to last for five-and-a-half months. Giving an update on the summer crops marketing and winter wheat production at a post-Cabinet press briefing, the Information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said wheat in stock would last for eight months…
SURVEYS by Daily News crews in Harare and Bulawayo yesterday confirmed that the Zimbabwe dollar prices of basic goods continue to ease, albeit slowly. Among the products whose prices are dropping in both major retail outlets and spaza shops are bread, cooking oil, mealie meal and sugar — bringing welcome relief to hard-pressed consumers. At…
POLICE say they are keen to ensure that their actions do not raise questions about the credibility of next month’s crucial national elections. However, the law enforcement agents also say that they will continue to enforce the law where the actions of political parties are at variance with regulations. In a July 8 memorandum to…
ZIMBABWE registered US$154.5 million in both foreign and local investment in the first quarter of 2023, the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@daiulynews.co.zw THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has put pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release voters roll copies to candidates ahead of next month’s general elections. This comes after Zec said it would give each candidate a copy of the voters roll after finalising the nomination process that was conducted…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS have been urged to be on alert of very low temperatures which might affect their health if they do not protect themselves by keeping warm with some parts of the country expected to reach minus three degrees Celsius. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said low temperatures, associated with windy and drizzle…
