THE 2023 national elections are fast approaching and most political parties are already in the drive to mobilise support for their candidates. Some are on the ground encouraging people, mainly the youth, to register to vote and motivating them to participate on the actual voting day. Zimbabwe has had disputed polls over decades. Just in…
KARIBA Power Station says it has largely contributed to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) surpassing its quarterly target after contributing 72 percent of the total energy production. The increased output has been attributed to improved water output from 15 cubic metres in 2021 to 22,5 cubic metres in 2022. In a statement yesterday, ZP C…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his party supporters to ditch nonperforming MPs and councillors when the outfit chooses its representatives for next year’s elections. Speaking during a thank you rally in Masvingo yesterday, Chamisa said his party would not use the traditional primary elections method to select its candidates. “I…
SOUTH Africa says it is difficult to assist Zimbabwe as its citizens continue to pay the price for its decades-long political and economic challenges, until there is unity of purpose among all local stakeholders. Speaking in Pretoria last week, two years after Pretoria failed to convince Zanu PF and the opposition to hold much-needed dialogue,…
THE government has offered over US$560 000 to a firm affected by the expansion of Mbudzi roundabout after it threatened to halt the construction for the second time after alleging that authorities started the construction arbitrarily without notifying it. Metropolitan Development (Private) Limited, the affected party, owns a subdi-vision of Marshlands of Delft of Hopley…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw MARONDERA Country Club has successfully reclaimed its land after the High Court temporarily ordered Metro Peech to stop construction at the club until finalisation of the land dispute which implicates the Marondera Municipality. In a recent judgement, Justice Catherine Bachi-Mzawazi granted an interim relief in favour of the country club….
A GLEN View man found himself in the hands of the police after he allegedly attacked raunchy dancer Beverly Sibanda in an unprovoked assault outside a bar in the capital. Vincent Godwin, 20, is also alleged to have gone on and attacked another dancer at the same place with an empty bottle on the head…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have temporarily suspended the production of passports in Harare following a machinery breakdown. However, Registrar General Henry Machiri told the Daily News at the weekend that production was expected to resume soon. “It is true that we had a breakdown … but we are working tirelessly to rectify the problem. There…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE government has urged farmers across the country to grow crops which will not be affected much by climate change in order to avoid post-harvest losses. This comes after the International Fund for Agricultural Development has indicated that Zimbabwe’s annual production of beans, groundnut, maize and sorghum is expected to be…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMAN Thamer Said Ahmed Al Shanfari has accused Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and deputy chief secretary in the president’s office Martin Rushwaya of trying to grab his four properties. Shanfari has also added Muchinguri Kashiri’s lawyers in his lawsuit for allegedly being key players in the plot. Using a joinder…
