Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITER FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the $74.7 billion availed for 2023 national elections by Treasury in the 2023 national budget is adequate for Zimbabwe to conduct the polls. He was speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, debating on the 2023 national budget. “We have made a provision of $74.7 billion for elections…
Regis ChingawoSENIOR STAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on all citizens to play a part in ensuring that peace reigns supreme in the country to ensure national development. Addressing mourners at the burial of national heroine Betty Flora Mtero at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said his government was open to…
AUTHORITIES say they have completed instituting all the important legislative reforms to ensure free, fair and credible national polls next year, in line with Sadc principles and guidelines on democratic elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi asserted that the electoral reforms that the government had embarked on were in some…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE has been hit by an outbreak of typhoid, following nine confirmed and 63 suspected cases of the disease in Glen Norah high-density suburb since mid October. This, in turn, has raised concerns about an imminent cholera outbreak in the capital city.Typhoid and cholera are potentially life-threatening infectious diseases which share similarities…
By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been dragged to court by a local trucking company after one of its trucks was seized while allegedly smuggling 36 bags of marijuana through Forbes Border Post from Mozambique into Zimbabwe. The company, Payloads, approached the High Court demanding the release of its truck from the…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE government has assured restless Zimbabweans that there will be improved power supplies during the festive period after the country managed to import supplies from the Sadc region following a payment of US$5 million, the Energy minister, Zhemu Soda has said. For over a month, Zimbabwe has been experiencing rolling blackouts as…
By Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO andTamary Chikiwa in ZVISHAVANE AT LEAST 12 young Zvishavane residents have died due to drug and substance abuse in 2022 amid concerns that abusing illicit substances was now prevalent in most schools in the mining town, a government official has confirmed. This was revealed during an anti-drug march organised by…
THERE is no end in sight to Zimbabwe’s debilitating power crisis, with authorities now unsure about when Hwange Power Station’s new Unit 7 with installed capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) will come on stream. This comes as hopeful senior government officials have been promising hurting Zimbabweans a blackouts-free future over the past few months, amid…
By Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITER SADC Interpol officers are undergoing training in Harare to tackle child abuse crimes both regionally and globally. Speaking at the official launch of the Victim Identification Task Force Africa training in Harare yesterday, police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga said the programme was aimed at increasing global capacity to deal with crimes against…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) says it is finalising the peace pledge to be signed by political parties ahead of the 2023 elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu said the pledge now only needed a few touches, after which political parties would take their oaths.“I…
