By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have given industry the green light to begin negotiating and importing electricity from regional countries in order to keep the sector running during the country’s worsening power outages. This comes after the country is facing severe daily 15-hour load shedding because Zesa is failing to meet the demand for electricity. Speaking…
By Blessings Mashaya THE Special Anti-Corruption Commission (Sacu) has directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate possible corruption by Harare City Council (HCC) officials and some police officers over land ownership in Mufakose. The directive came after the Youth in Business Housing Trust, which developed residential stands on Lot 2 Subdivision B of Subdivision…
ALTHOUGH Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwigs remain keen to meet with President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of the 2023 national elections, this is not likely to happen, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Charamba said the window of opportunity for such a meeting had passed, and Mnangagwa was now…
By Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF won three of the five council by-elections that were held in Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces over the weekend. According to the results released yesterday by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), in Binga ward 20, Liyando Muleya of Zanu PF got 945 and Crispen Munkuli of CCC got 546.In ward…
By Regis Chingawo GOVERNMENT is set to disburse US$20 million to empower smallholder irrigation schemes across the country’s eight rural provinces starting January next year. Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube at the weekend said in addition the government had received US$30 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that would assist farmers to start…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE man has been left disappointed after the High Court dismissed an application that sought to recover his motor vehicle that was clamped by the city council. Ishamael Chaurura approached the court with an urgent application seeking to have the clamping of his vehicle declared null and void. In his application,…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE man, Nyasha Eusen, who is suspected to have been involved in a shooting incident that took place earlier this month in Eastlea, appeared at the magistrate’s court yesterday facing murder charges. It is the State’s case that on November 19, around 9pm, Eusen and his accomplices got into an argument…
PROMINENT economist Eddie Cross says while the country’s recovering economy should be celebrated, this will count for very little if the government can’t pay civil servants decent wages. Speaking on Thursday on independent national television channel 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, the former opposition stalwart said it was crucial that authorities paid their most…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals (PGH) has been hit by serious blood shortages that have forced the health facility to delay operations that require blood transfusion. This comes as National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has warned that the country was facing serious shortages of blood ahead of the festive season.Speaking to Daily News…
BY REGIS CHINGAWO THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has implored the government to put in place adequate mechanisms to ensure that survivors of gender-based violence receive services such as access to justice and psychological support. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, ZGC chairperson Margaret Mukahanana Sangarwe stressed that victims of gender-based violence needed…
