BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni says the country’s second largest city needs renewal and regeneration as part of its development agenda. Mguni, the youngest mayor that the city has ever had post-independence, last week sat down with the Daily News on Sunday’s Bulawayo Bureau Chief Jeffrey Muvundusi to look at the plethora of challenges his council is…
THE country’s education system has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and incessant labour unrest with teachers demanding better working conditions. This has manifested in a significant drop in the pass rate for the 2020 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council examinations. The Daily News Chief Writer Mugove Tafirenyika last week interviewed former Education minister David Coltart…
By Tinashe Hofisi THE Constitution of Zimbabwe is in the process of significant alteration. The first amendment bill was passed on September 17 2017 in a second vote by the Senate in accordance with a Constitutional Court order and the second amendment bill has just sailed through the National Assembly and (Senate). Intense opposition to both…
By TAMARI CHKIWA in Bulawayo THE government has called on the private sector to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) to invest in infrastructure and set up own industries in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is part of the 55-member states of the Africa Union (AU), who established the Afcfta to create a single…
By BLESSINGS MASHAYA AND MUGOVE TAFIRENYIKA JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says Zanu PF is not itching to decimate the country’s brawling opposition and neither is the former liberation movement trying to create a one-party State. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Ziyambi also rejected claims that recent changes to the country’s Constitution were meant…
THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) has begun rehabilitation works on the damaged road network after receiving $2,2 million from the government under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP). This comes as the government recently declared all roads a national disaster, before setting aside $33 billion for the second phase of the rehabilitation process, being spearheaded…
TRANSPORT challenges in the capital and other towns across the country continue to put commuters at risk from robbers with the police urging the public to desist from boarding unregistered vehicles. This follows a series of incidents in which commuters have been robbed by motorists, who would have offered them transport at night mostly in…
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza says investment in science, innovation and technology is key in sustainable economic development. Nzenza said this on Friday while delivering her keynote address during a three-day virtual Atlas Convention 2021 that ran under the theme: “Innovation-driven and private sector-led economic transformation bridging industry and academia. Narrative of the private sector-led…
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans Association chairperson and Zanu PF politburo member Christopher Mutsvangwa was on Friday involved in a road accident in Harare. Mutsvangwa survived the accident unhurt. The accident reportedly happened between Airport and St Patrick’s roads around lunch time after an oncoming vehicle failed to observe a red traffic light. Mutsvangwa was…
A LUPANE councillor in Matabeleland North province is being haunted by an “erroneous” recall from Kusile Rural District Council (KRDC) by the MDC. June Mpofu was recalled last year on September 11 as the opposition party embarked on a nationwide recall of its councillors and MPs perceived to be loyal to the MDC Alliance…
