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By Ketty Nyoni THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Local Government says the Harare City Council (HCC)’s 2023 devolution funds must be channelled towards water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Presenting a report in the National Assembly on Thursday, committee chairperson Miriam Chikukwa said since water was a right, “devolution funds should be channelled towards water and…

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has underscored the need for infrastructural development as part of a decentralisation agenda pursued by the Judicial Service Commission to achieve effective justice service delivery in all parts of the country. In his keynote address while officially commissioning the Lupane Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Malaba also bemoaned the absence of magistrates’ courts…

ZIMBABWE wants gold, diamond and platinum miners to pay half of their royalties to the government in the commodities themselves and the rest in cash, as the country seeks to build mineral reserves. The Treasury was concerned that the country does not have reserves of the minerals, which “serve as a source of trust in…

By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Veterinary Services of Zimbabwe (VSZ) says 16 781 people were bitten by dogs in the country since the start of the year, with four succumbing to rabies. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, VSZ director Josphat Nyika said they were intensifying vaccinations campaigns across the country. “To date 16 781 dog…

LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans will likely experience less severe blackouts from end of November, and hopefully no power cuts at all as from April next year. This was revealed yesterday by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Energy and Power Development, Gloria Magombo. Speaking to the Daily News, Magombo said power utility Zesa was scheduled to…

By Dionne Kanyowa LANDS and agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has been ordered by the High Court to pay back a US$83 000 debt he owes to a Chinese-owned company for a tobacco inputs loan he received. Tian Ze Tobacco (Pvt), who sued Masuka in his personal capacity, applied for a summary judgment at the High…

By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat CABINET yesterday agreed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa grants a general amnesty to prisoners in a move to decongest the country’s overcrowded jails. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Mnangagwa would soon announce the modalities of the amnesty. “The nation is being informed…

By Brighton Muronzereyi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, says he is preparing to reach out to President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the issue of electoral reforms ahead of next year’s general elections. Speaking in Harare during the launch of his party’s pre-election pact on electoral reforms yesterday, Chamisa said Zimbabweans must unite and…

AN ex-army captain who was nabbed on allegations of trying to influence the illegal entry of 31 AK 47 rifles into the country from South Africa has been freed on $50 000 bail. Leonard Matambo is alleged to have written a letter to a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority manager at the Beitbridge Border Post to facilitate…

By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi THE country’s major parties have welcomed the call by church leaders for political organisations to sign a peace covenant ahead of the crunch 2023 elections. However, the ruling Zanu PF also wants the clergy to similarly push the opposition, and especially the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), to also…