THERE is no doubt that 2022 has been a challenging year for many Zimbabweans, amid debilitating power cuts, high prices of basic goods, and lately the threat of a resurgence of the noxious forex black market. All this has meant that despite hordes of people doing their last-minute shopping in urban areas over the past…
BY BRENDON JOSPHAT ZESA says the rolling power crisis facing the country will soon ease after successfully restoring electricity generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station and improved imports from the southern African region. This comes after the country has been experiencing long hours of darkness daily, after the Zimbabwe River Authority ordered the Zimbabwe Power…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT and BLESSINGS MASHAYA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday appointed his politburo team comprising new faces. These include deputy secretary of finance Mthuli Ncube, secretary for local government Supa Mandiwanzira, secretary of youth affairs Tino Machakaire and businessman James Makamba, who was appointed deputy secretary of transport. Mnangagwa also returned Webster Shamu as…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says all political parties eligible to receive funding under the Political Parties Finance Act must be audited to curb misuse of public funds. The minister said this last week in the National Assembly after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende had questioned why political parties receiving…
THE Forestry commission has moved to rope in mining communities and schools as part of an initiative meant to restore lost forests. Zvishavane Forestry extension officer Tendai Mufandaedza in an interview said the commission is targeting to create community woodlots particularly in mining areas as “research proved that a huge number of trees is lost…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Zimbabwe for cooperation with the Faculties of Law and Languages. In an interview with New Ziana last week, ZHRC executive director Delis Mazambani said the department of Languages would be assisting with translations, while the Faculty of Law would…
CHRISTMAS DAY is upon us and people are busy minding their own business. Some have travelled to spend the day with loved ones, while others are at work. Our lifestyle writer Anesu Mirisawu spoke to some popular figures in showbiz who freely shared their Christmas Day plans. Read on… Actor and singer Kessia‘Muchaneta’ Masona I…
JUST when local footballers are increasingly looking either eastwards to Tanzania or Botswana in addition to the usual southern trek to South Africa for greener pastures, new Chicken Inn signing Calum English-Brown is focused on a switch to the grand stage — Europe. The 21-year-old English-Brown was one of the outstanding performers in the just-ended…
WHEN Zimbabwean deminer Memory Mutepfa digs up a landmine, places it in a pit and blows it up using electronic detonators, she…
OPPOSITION parties yesterday said for Zimbabwe to achieve unity there is a need for the citizens to hold an all-inclusive dialogue that will resolve the country’s political and economic challenges. In a statement issued yesterday, MDC spokesperson Witness Dube said dialogue was the only solution to bring relief to a “deeply-divided Zimbabwe”. “Today, Zimbabwe is…
