HARARE – Media stakeholders have called on government to urgently reform media laws and open the space for new players, as plans to align the laws with the country’s Constitution are now in motion. This emerged yesterday during a round table consultative meeting organised by the Information ministry, aimed at looking at issues that must…
HARARE – Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Water Proficiency Testing Scheme Evaluation Workshop, which is hosted annually over three days by selected member states to scrutinise the effectiveness of water testing in the region, kicked off in Harare yesterday. Sadc came up with the annual workshop in 2004 in a bid to ensure that the…
HARARE – The Survial Vendors Union Zimbabwe (SVUZ) has called on government to review by-laws which forbid vendors from operating in the streets saying they are out-dated in a country characterised by high unemployment. SVUZ vice chairperson Obey Mwariwangu said: “The by-laws in the Urban Councils Act date back to the old constitution when Smith…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has of late been experiencing power problems which are affecting operations at Morton Jaffray (MJ) water treatment works. Power outages at MJ and other treatment plants have resulted in some suburbs going for days without water. “We are currently experiencing electricity challenges at MJ. The started on Wednesday but…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has clarified on guidelines used in the clearance of the designated foreign currency dutiable goods and specified requirements needed to get an exemption approval. This comes after the ministry of Finance and Economic development invoked the Customs and Excise Act and imposed duty in foreign currency on an…
HARARE – MDC youths have called for the expulsion of the party’s vice president Elias Mudzuri after he allegedly attended a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday at State House against his party’s resolution not to. Mudzuri’s meeting with Mnangagwa came after leaders in Parliament from both Zanu PF and the MDC who include chief…
HARARE – Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a retired army colonel who was allegedly abducted from his home on Sunday afternoon by masked men — amid claims that he was due to testify before the official probe looking into the August 1 post-election shootings which claimed the lives of at least six civilians. To add…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry probing the deadly August 1 post-election violence in Harare — which left at least six people dead after the military joined police to quell the ugly protests — that his hands are clean and that he had nothing to do with the disturbances….
HARARE – MDC youths have called for the expulsion of the party’s vice president Elias Mudzuri after he allegedly attended a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday at State House against his party’s resolution not to. more news to follow… Sign up to receive BREAKING NEWS mobile phone text alerts from the Daily News…
HARARE – Popular sungura musician Alick Macheso’s daughter Sharon and her husband of four years Kudakwashe Munetsi have agreed to part ways after the singer’s child filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, amid revelations they only stayed as husband and wife for two months. More news to follow… Sign up to receive BREAKING NEWS…
