BY REGIS CHINGAWO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on local authorities to up their game in terms of service delivery, saying the central government has put in place a blueprint to transform rural areas. Speaking at the burial of the late national hero, Kenneth Manyonda, at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said…
THE apology to Zanu PF members by former ruling party politburo members and alleged Generation 40 (G40) kingpins Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao is a significant boost for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of next year’s crunch elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts said the conciliatory tone of the…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE family of the late national hero Kennedy Manyonda says the former governor had wanted to express his dissatisfaction with the country’s healthcare system before he died. Speaking during the burial of the former governor of Manicaland Province at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Manyonda’s son Isaac said his father…
MORE and more prominent people are adding their voices to the growing calls for inclusive national dialogue ahead of the 2023 polls to help end Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges. Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwig, Tendai Biti, and exiled former Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, are the latest heavyweights to say openly that elections…
By Regis Chingawo THE World Food Programme (WFP) says more than 7,6 million Zimbabweans are facing a food crisis. These latest figures are a massive jump from the estimated three million people who were reported to be in need of food aid between January and March this year. A WFP report for October of this…
THREE districts in the Midlands province, Mberengwa, Gokwe South and North are set to be affected by severe flooding for at least a month during the festive season, it has been revealed. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said in its latest weather update that heavy rains are expected to fall across the province, causing flooding…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), which is pushing for dialogue between major political parties says that while bringing the ruling party, Zanu PF and opposition parties together has been difficult, there is always a way out. Calls for political parties to dialogue and avoid disputed election results have been made by…
By Brandon Josphat THE government says it has started a process of formalising illegal mining activities across the country in order to collect revenue from the currently informal operations. Addressing informal miners, popularly known as Makorokoza yesterday in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central Province the Mines minister, Winston Chitando said the proposed measures were intended to control…
WHILE noting the ongoing efforts by authorities to boost the economy, an expert says the government needs to do more to lift businesses and improve the quality of life of longsuffering Zimbabweans. Speaking last night on independent national television channel 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, prominent economist Gift Mugano said while ordinary Zimbabweans had…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa A TOTAL of 9 762 diarrhoea cases and at least 10 deaths from the infection were recorded in one week last month, the Health ministry has confirmed. The cases were reported between October 24 and 30, 2022, according to the Health ministry’s most recent weekly disease surveillance report. In a statement, the…
