MDC boss Douglas Mwonzora is reaching out to all his opposition counterparts, including Nelson Chamisa, in a bid to present a united front when they engage President Emmerson Mngangagwa in the long-mooted national dialogue. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi said it would not be optimal for them to hold talks with Mnangagwa…
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general Gift Machengete believes 2021 has been a difficult year to manoeuvre for the regulator due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking during Potraz’s three-day strategic review pan workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, Machengete said the information communication technology (ICT) sector was heavily weighed down by a number…
IN A landmark ruling delivered at the High Court yesterday, fathers will now be able to apply for birth certificates for their children born out of wedlock even in the absence of the mothers. High Court judge, Justice Owen Tagu ordered the Registrar of Births and Deaths to allow fathers to register birth certificates for…
DOVES Funeral Services and the Chimwamurombe family have agreed to exhume the body of the late Maxwell in a bid to put to rest the impasse over his burial saga. The Chimwamurombes alleged that they were presented with a coffin without a corpse for burial after Maxwell had passed away in a drowning incident in…
FIDELITY Printers and Refiners (FPR) will soon set up mobile gold buying centres in rural areas to cater for small scale miners who might find difficulties in accessing banks, especially during weekends. FPR is a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) which has the sole mandate of buying, refining and exporting gold. The…
THE government is having sleepless nights over the continued desecration of cultural shrines in and outside the country, including Sekuru Kaguvi’s grave. Responding to enquiries by legislators during a question-and-answer session in the Senate, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had directed him to come up with a strategic plan on how…
November 8, 2021 — To support universal and affordable broadband access in Africa, IFC haspartnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data…
ZANU PF has deployed its politburo members around the country to audit the party’s grassroots structures ahead of the former liberation movement’s outstanding provincial elections. This comes amid fears that fake structures abound in the ruling party which is wracked by growing factionalism which recently prompted the indefinite suspension of the regional polls. Zanu PF…
AUTHORITIES have cancelled two concessions that had been awarded to a Chinese company in Mashonaland East, following complaints by villagers who were set to be displaced by the granite mining project. This comes after local community leaders wrote to the government in August saying that they had not been consulted when the concessions were awarded…
Andile Tshuma THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has warned of escalating human and wildlife conflict, with 60 people having been killed by wild animals in the first 10 months of 2021. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zimparks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo, pictured, said between January and December last year, about 50 people were…
