AUTHORITIES have conceded that they have no immediate solution for the country’s crippling power crisis, amid growing fears that this will soon drive up anew the prices of basic goods. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, said the government did not know how long it would take to resolve the…
ZANU PF has deployed politburo and central committee members to preside over the verification of its grassroots structures following reports of existence of parallel organs while others allegedly only exist on paper. This comes as insiders told the Daily News yesterday that the former liberation movement planned to hold the outstanding provincial elections next month ahead of…
Andile Tshuma POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man accused of murdering his rival in a misunderstanding over braai meat in Kadoma. Bernard Shoko, 34, was arrested at his Northend suburb hideout yesterday following a tip off from the public. He is accused of assaulting Innocent Fosho, 34, of Gadzema, Chegutu, with a burning log…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) says farmers need to work closely with agricultural extension (Agritex) officers in their areas so that they do not rush to plant crops after recent rains hit most parts of the country. While the rainy season has not officially commenced, Zimbabwe has been receiving showers in the last…
Melisa Chatikobo THE government has set aside $350 million for the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to transport Pfumvudza/Intwasa inputs to ward level collection points across the country. Responding to parliamentarians during Wednesday’s question and answer session in the National Assembly, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the government has resolved the problem of farmers failing to…
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says the public should not panic over the current searing heat being experienced in many parts of…
THE leader of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), Lovemore Madhuku, says the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) remains “the best platform” for national…
AT LEAST nine people have been murdered across the country during the last weekend, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have said. This comes at a time murder and other violent crimes are on the increase in the country. In one of the disturbing cases, police in Kariba arrested Perfect Kembo Lembani, 23, who allegedly stabbed…
THE government says it will set up vaccination centres at schools around the country before the end of the third term so as to encourage 16 and 17-year-olds to be inoculated against Covid-19. This comes as the Health ministry recently approved teenagers in this age bracket to be vaccinated using only Sinovac doses. Health deputy…
LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans are set to endure worse blackouts in the coming weeks and months, as power utility Zesa Holdings(Zesa)continues to struggle to…
