Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has revised fuel prices downwards barely a week after the parastatal announced another reduction. Diesel now costs US$ 1.76 from US$ 1.80 per litre. The local currency price for diesel is now $ 727.69 from $ 714.86. Petrol is now US$ 1. 61 from US$ 1.70…
Hazel Marimbiza BULAWAYO residents have raised concerns over the mushrooming of unlicensed Liquefi ed Petroleum Gas (LPG) dealers in many high and medium-density suburbs, which they say pose a threat to their lives. This comes at a time many residents have resorted to using gas as an alternative source of energy due to, among other…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has embarked on a blitz to recover over $17 billion it is owed by ratepayers. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, HCC acting corporate communications manager Innocent Ruwende said the city had resolved to disconnect water and blacklist defaulters. “We are blacklisting defaulting customers so that…
Hazel Marimbiza FARMERS have been urged to conduct thorough research before exporting their products as they risk running losses. The poor prices being offered to farmers locally have prompted an increasing number of farmers to consider the export market. Some of these farmers, however, according to Matabeleland North Agritex provincial officer Dumisani Nyoni, are plunging…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITER UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe students have petitioned their dean after the institution increased accommodation fees without consulting students. week, the university announced that the accommodation fee had been increased from US$300 to US$616 for the August to December semester. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Students Representative Council (SRC) president Allan Chipoyi said…
EDITOR — Citizens in Action Southern Africa (Ciasa) is concerned about the growing scourge of corporate capture which has become a serious vice affecting delivery of services for citizens in Zimbabwe. This corporate corruption is driving high the cost of services rendered to citizens which results in loss of tax payers monies for otherwise shoddy…
PREMIER Soccer League chairperson Farai Jere is optimistic that this year’s Chibuku Super Cup will help produce top football players who can compete at an international level. The 2022 Chibuku Super Cup preliminary round and first-round draws were conducted yesterday in Harare with the tournament set to run from August 6 to November 19 this…
BANGLADESH’S new T20I captain Nurul Hasan wants his side to play “fearless cricket” in Zimbabwe in the three-match series next week. In…
CHICKEN Inn coach Joey Antipas has claimed his team cannot win the Castle Lager Premiership title if they continue with their inconsistent performances which have allowed log leaders FC Platinum to open a six-point lead ahead of them on the log table. This comes after the Gamecocks at the weekend suffered their second identical 3-0…
IT’S now over a year since Zimdancehall music icon Soul Jah Love breathed his last, but scores of his admirers still continue flocking to his grave for “inspiration”. Soul Jah Love, who succumbed to diabetes at the age of 31, was buried at Warren Hills in the capital. “At least 10 people visit the grave…
