BY RUTENDO NGARA AND NYASHA KUNYISWA VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says the government will throw the rule book at illegal money changers in order to protect the recently introduced ZiG currency. Addressing Zanu PF supporters in Harare East ahead of next week’s by-elections, Chiwenga said the new currency, which marks the dawn of a new…
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says the city will find it difficult to provide adequate water to cater for the upcoming Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) amid a serious shortage of the precious liquid. Bulawayo residents are currently receiving water for two days a week due to dwindling water levels in its supply dams. Coltart told…
By BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) has stepped up its campaign to defend the rights of all Zimbabweans from being transgressed by errant traders. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, CPC research and public affairs manager, Kudakwashe Mudereri, said the recent crackdown on trading malpractices that had been carried out in…
BY BRYN MATONGO THE government has moved to install solar systems at various hospitals across the country to mitigate power outages. This comes as Zesa has reintroduced austere load-shedding schedules after it was forced to cut its power generation at the key Kariba plant. It also comes after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), which manages…
BY BRYN MATONGO HARARE City Council has embarked on a robust exercise of removing illegal billboards that were installed along roads and across the city in order to account for the revenue it has been losing. According to the HCC`s by-laws, it is illegal to erect billboards or any structure within the City of Harare…
FORMER president of the National Baptist Convention, Patrick Face Moyo has died following a severe stroke attack last week. He was 74 and will be buried in Gweru today. Family spokesperson Phanuel Banda confirmed the passing on of Moyo, adding that he was rushed to Kensington clinic in Harare before he was transferred to Arundel…
ZIMBABWE is on track to achieve all its economic goals, including the resolution of the country’s debt arrears to global financiers, authorities say. Speaking during the ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank spring meetings in Washington DC yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the government was on the verge of taming the country’s…
LOCAL football giants Dynamos and Highlanders return to top flight football action tomorrow, just three days after they clashed in a hard-fought Independence Cup final at Murambinda B High School. The two sides have endured contrasting fortunes in the early weeks of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign, with Bosso flying high while DeMbare…
By Bryn Matongo matongob@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has started issuing summons to residents, organisations and companies who owe it millions of dollars in unpaid bills. In the summons, HCC town clerk Hosiah Chisango appealed to the debtors to pay their outstanding bills or risk the embarrassment of having to be taken to court. “We,…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government is actively investigating the modalities of floating solar panels and installing battery storage systems at Kariba Dam to ease the country’s power shortages. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Energy minister Edgar Moyo confirmed that Zesa was pursuing these plans in a bid to end the country’s electricity challenges….
