HARARE – Internal strife within the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is escalating with confusion surfacing on when the congress to choose the new leadership will be held. The Christopher Mutsvangwa-led executive was elected in November 2014, taking over from Jabulani Sibanda, who was kicked out in the run-up to the Zanu PF…
HARARE – The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has introduced a March intake starting this year, a development that has received mixed reactions. Despite sentiments that the increase of enrolment numbers at Nust will only overburden the institution’s facilities, Higher Education, Science and Technology minister Amon Murwira said the development was noble as…
HARARE – Despite the continued economic hardships, Harare residents will not be compelled to pay their water bills solely in United States dollars. In an interview with the Daily News, Harare City Council Town Clerk Hosea Chisango said residents would still pay through the normal channels and local currency. The country has been experiencing one…
HARARE – A Zimbabwean woman has been sentenced to an effective four months’ imprisonment after she was convicted for smuggling ephedrine with a street value of $27 000 through Robert Mugabe International Airport. Ephedrine is a drug used in anesthesia to prevent low blood pressure and to treat asthma amongst other ailments. Judith Munemo, 33,…
HARARE – Thieves are helping themselves to solar street lights installed along Harare’s Airport Road while others have fallen prone to vandalism despite a decision by Harare City Council to conceal batteries that were previously being targeted, the Daily News can report. The thieves are targeting solar panels adjacent to a bushy area opposite One…
MUTARE – A 24 year old Dangamvura man has been caged 12 months after bedding a 12-year-old-girl who had eloped to him after she had been chased away from home for being in a relationship with him. Kudakwashe Ncube from Foroma Village under Chief Marange was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate…
HARARE – A Mutare based civil rights pressure group has petitioned Parliament on why mission and council health facilities were not recognising referrals from social welfare. Community Crime Monitoring Project (CCMP) has written to the parliamentary committee on Health to query why council and mission medical institutions in the eastern border city do not recognise…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country’s worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawing fire from many sceptical quarters which doubt that these jaunts will yield anything tangible. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Political analysts have warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that his government is running out of time to fix the country’s worsening economic rot — which has triggered strikes and growing unrest among hurting civil servants. The warning comes as teachers have officially issued a 14-day notice to strike, following the little progress recorded in…
HARARE – The double whammy of biting fuel shortages and steep transport fares is leaving thousands of commuters stranded — forcing many of them to hitch precarious rides on lorries and pick-up trucks, in the latest desperate scenes to afflict long-suffering Zimbabweans. This comes as most commuter omnibus and long distance buses are spending endless…
