FUEL prices shot up on Wednesday, twice within five days, as the country is now bearing the impact of the Russo-Ukraine conflict which started over a fortnight ago. The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) first increased the price of fuel from US$1.44 to US$1.51 a litre on Saturday. On Wednesday, it hiked it to US$1.68…
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda has dissolved a nine-member board of State-owned petroleum products retailer, Petrotrade, pending investigations into alleged bad corporate governance This comes barely a year after it was appointed in June last year after the company had operated for five years without a board. In a statement yesterday, Soda said he would appoint…
AUTHORITIES say they are doing everything in their power to further improve the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans. Speaking in an interview last night with the recently-launched independent television station, 3Ktv, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, pictured, said the government considered the country’s economic challenges a major priority. This comes amid complaints by struggling…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A MOUNT Hampden woman Melody Changa is facing an attempted murder charge for allegedly stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife for instructing her to bath their six-year-old child. The 25-year-old woman was advised to apply for bail at the High Court when she appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda on Wednesday. The circumstances…
Andile Tshuma POLICE have arrested more than 80 people in a space of a week under a nationwide anti-drug and substance abuse operation. Drugs worth nearly $2 million were recovered from various suspects, as the police continue to close in on more people in the drugs ring. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, pictured, yesterday confirmed…
THE trial of a senior police officer who was accused of using a car that was held as an exhibit at a police station before being involved in an accident has been set for March 31. Kirisipeni Mutsengi, who was officer commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad, Southerton, Harare, allegedly took and used the car which…
KENYA President Uhuru Kenyatta, is expected to be the guest of honour at this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) scheduled to run from April 26-30 in Bulawayo. The development follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s visit to Kenya on Tuesday where he extended the invitation to his counterpart to officiate at the exhibition….
Melisa Chatikobo THE government has admitted that the cost of data is so exorbitant that it is not within the reach of many Zimbabweans. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Information Communication Technology (ICT) deputy minister, Dingimuzi Phuti said authorities were now engaging mobile network operators to make data affordable for students. “Data is…
SEVERAL bus operators, including the government-run Zupco, have abandoned routes in Mberengwa owing to bad roads, leaving villagers stranded. The roads have been worsened by incessant rains that have been pounding the area over the past months. Locals told the Daily News yesterday that several bus operators have discontinued servicing Mberengwa-West Nicholson and Buchwa-Rutenga highways which lead…
THE government has promised to improve the welfare of chiefs by giving them fuel, airtime and medical aid on top of their official cars. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo, said several meetings had so far been held “to try as much as we can to address their…
