LAST week on Thursday February 2, Zimbabwe, like any other country on earth, commemorated World Wetlands Day, which is used globally to raise public awareness of the importance of wetlands. The theme for this year was “It is time for wetland restoration”. In Zimbabwe, wetlands are under threat and must be restored as a matter…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says deteriorating water levels at its local supply dams will soon force the council to reintroduce stricter water rationing. This comes after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) indicated that the national water dam levels are at 85 percent and continue to increase as the country continues to receive significant…
Ashley Moyo ENTERTAINMENT WRITER moyoa@dailynews.co.zw MUSIC star Freeman was the highest placed musician in the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) nominations announced in Harare yesterday. The awards, which will take place on February 25 at the Harare International Conference Centre, saw Freeman being nominated in the Outstanding Male Musician, Outstanding Song (Zimbabwean Queen featuring Chris Martin)…
SOME Zanu PF affiliates continue to urge the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) not to apply the seat boundaries mapped in its latest delimitation report for this year’s crunch national elections, and instead use those employed in the 2018 polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the leaders of the Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) and…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has reviewed prices for its promotional data and SMS bundles by 25 percent in response to rising operating costs. However, its voice bundle prices remain unchanged. “Dear customer, Please take note, there will be changes in ZWL Voice, Data & SMS bundles effective Wednesday February 8, 2023,” the company said in a…
EXPELLED former MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri has hit back at party leader, Douglas Mwonzora, accusing him of being power hungry while insisting his Monday ouster is unconstitutional. Mudzuri and six other senior party members were expelled from the party after challenging their suspension last month at the High Court. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mudzuri…
NETONE Cellular has been ordered to reimburse $552 561 that the Communications and Allied Industries Pension Fund (CAIPF) paid to the mobile network provider’s former employee, Willie Walter Munakiri. This comes after CAIPF approached the High Court, arguing that the company should be responsible for paying its former employees’ pension benefits until they reach 65…
TENANTS renting commercial properties can no longer refuse to vacate premises after their leases expire following a landmark High Court ruling on Monday, declaring as unlawful some sections of the Commercial Premises (Rent) Regulations of 1983. In the past, the regulations declared that lessees with expired contracts became “statutory tenants” — persons who are legally…
TANGLED, one of fast-growing national television station 3Ktv’s most popular programmes, has been nominated for an Outstanding Screen Production award by the…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has granted Zesa the nod to increase power generation by an additional 100 megawatts (MW) at Lake Kariba, bringing the total power supplies from the Kariba hydropower plant to 350MW from the previous 250MW. This is expected to slightly improve the country’s power supplies as the ZPC…
