FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says all political parties eligible to receive funding under the Political Parties Finance Act must be audited to curb misuse of public funds. The minister said this last week in the National Assembly after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende had questioned why political parties receiving…
OPPOSITION parties yesterday said for Zimbabwe to achieve unity there is a need for the citizens to hold an all-inclusive dialogue that will resolve the country’s political and economic challenges. In a statement issued yesterday, MDC spokesperson Witness Dube said dialogue was the only solution to bring relief to a “deeply-divided Zimbabwe”. “Today, Zimbabwe is…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERS CHIEFS are pushing for the law to be amended going forward, to give them prosecutorial powers within their jurisdictions, so that they can help to curb the rising scourge of crime and political violence in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is seeking publicprivate-partnerships to back up its river bed rehabilitation in catchment areas for the city’s supply dams, as part of an initiative to boost inflows and reduce a perennial water crisis. This comes at a time when some dams like Umzingwane and Upper Ncema are facing low water levels…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw A MOVEMENT pushing for a third way in next year’s general elections yesterday claimed that former Zanu PF national commissar Saviour ‘Tyson’ Kasukuwere will be its presidential candidate. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (Feez) leader Godfrey Tsenengamu said Kasukuwere had agreed to run for…
LIMPOPO police are searching for a group of armed suspects who shot and killed two bus passengers. The bus, which was carrying…
By Rutendo Ngara THREE men were arrested on Tuesday after they were found in possession of more than 1 000kg of Compound L of Pfumvudza/Intwasa farming inputs, along the Harare-Bulawayo highway. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the three, Passiona Precious 28, Godknows Nhokwara, 39, and Taurai Togara, 37, were intercepted along the highway….
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THERE is finally some light at the end of the tunnel, with the government cautiously optimistic yesterday that there would be minimal power cuts around the country over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, an upbeat Energy minister, Zhemu Soda, expressed guarded confidence…
THE continued existence and mushrooming of open-air worshipping, mainly by apostolic sects, in the second largest city has remained a thorn in the flesh for city fathers who now appear divided on how to handle the matter. Over the years, the local authority has accused the apostolic sect of violating the city’s by-laws by engaging…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH), the biggest referral medical facility in the country, yesterday confirmed that its paediatric ward had over 100 minors who have cancer with the majority suffering from leukaemia. Paediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Speaking…
