AUTHORITIES will today deliberate on how to mitigate the worsening power crisis in the country, amid growing calls for increased investment in more reliable and clean electricity generation plants. At the same time, former Energy ministers in the short-lived 2009 government of national unity— Elias Mudzuri and Elton Mangoma — urged authorities to re-ignite plans…
INDIA’S Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two Zimbabweans with 7.9 kg of heroin at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport,…
By Yvonne Ncube THE government says it is well prepared and capacitated to respond to any natural disaster in the city as the rainy season, usually associated with floods and cyclones, has commenced. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a handover of donations to some victims of a recent fire outbreak in…
THE Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF)’s challenge of Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision to terminate the Zimbabwe exemption permit (ZEP), which was…
By Brighton Muronzereyi SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says the country’s economy remains under threat from exogenous factors despite the government’s efforts to stabilise it. Speaking in Harare yesterday during a post-budget seminar, Mudenda said while the distress suffered by Zimbabwean citizens had been somewhat alleviated, there was still room for improvement. “Imported…
By Ketty Noyni IN AN effort to enhance the value of Great Zimbabwe, Masvingo, the United Nations Organisation for Projects Services (UNOPS) and other partners, with funding from Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), are working towards the rehabilitation of the heritage site. The Great Zimbabwe Development Project (GZDP), which received 3 million Euros from AFD,…
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism deputy minister Barbra Rwodzi has urged graduates to be patriotic in order to promote nation-building. Speaking at the 2022 graduation ceremony of 100 students from The School of Public Speaking at the Management Training Bureau in Harare at the weekend, the deputy minister said public speakers should use their skills to laud…
By Nyasha Dube TWO siblings are locked in a battle over their mother’s inheritance after a sister, Renee Juanita Hiten, approached the High Court seeking to have a plot in the up-market suburb of Glen Lorne, Harare, measuring 21.2552 hectares be subdivided into two. In her application, Hiten cited her brother Steven Barry, the Master…
By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mutare Chief Superintendent Plaxedes Mbira has been dragged to court by Chiadzwa villagers after she allegedly declined to authorise their planned two demonstrations. The residents appeared before Mutare Magistrate Xavier Chipato yesterday seeking to have the police ban of their protests overturned. Chiadzwa Community Development Trust trustee…
Cameroon kept their hopes of reaching the World Cup last 16 alive as they battled back from two goals down to draw a six-goal thriller with Serbia in Group G. Cameroon took the lead through Jean-Charles Castelletto but Strahinja Pavlovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic replied to give Serbia a half-time advantage. Aleksandar Mitrovic added a third…
