THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says its road policy will now shift from focusing on new roads construction to maintenance of existing ones due to funding constraints. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said funds would be channelled towards maintaining the existing roads. “The roads are in a disastrous…
NAMIBIAN President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82 at a hospital in the capital Windhoek, where he was receiving…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says Egodini Terminus will open to commuter omnibuses and the general public tomorrow. In a statement yesterday, BCC town clerk Christopher Dube said residents should ensure they board at appropriate places in order to avoid congestion. “The city of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the public that the…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is working hard to end the party’s ugly infighting and to regain the trust of ordinary Zimbabweans who are getting increasingly despondent with politics. So says the party’s new spokesperson, Nqobizitha Mlilo, who adds that the party is — in this regard — retracing its roots…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer UNIVERSITIES and colleges are now demanding part payment of fees in United States dollars as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose its value on the market. This comes as the hapless local unit is trading at $17 000 to the coveted US dollar on the black market, although it was…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed Omphile Marupi as deputy minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services and two other deputy ministers. Marupi became Zanu PF legislator for Gwanda South constituency in Matabeleland South Province after Mnangagwa and the party won last year’s general elections against Nelson Chamisa and his former…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer ZESA has flighted a tender to acquire essential equipment to rehabilitate its creaky power stations as it moves to ease the electricity crisis in the country. This comes as the power utility is targeting to increase its electricity generation capacity to 3 000 megawatts (mw) by the end of next…
By Rutendo Ngara MINISTER of Women’s Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa says women continue to bear the brunt of economic hardships as they endeavour to fend for their families. Speaking during a women entrepreneurship, trade and innovation conference in Harare yesterday, Mutsvanga said the government was in the process of reviewing a broad-based women empowerment framework to…
BY RUTENDO NGARA ZANU PF legislators have called on the government, through Parliament, to send them to the United States of America (US) to pressure President Joe Biden’s administration to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. The US enacted the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) in 2001 after the land reform programme which it…
BY SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI ZIMBABWEANS and Chinese nationals in the country welcomed the Lunar New Year with a bang on Thursday night at a gala attended by various dignitaries, including senior government officials. Multitudes of people from all age groups thronged the Celebration Centre in Harare to witness mesmerising performances, including music, dance, martial arts, fashion…
