MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has appointed a team to probe recent factional violence in the coalition’s youth assembly, as he bids to diffuse escalating tension among his brawling lieutenants. This comes as Chamisa’s leadership of the alliance is facing renewed pressure and scrutiny, with some of his erstwhile close allies standing accused of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, says his administration’s re-engagement efforts are bearing fruit, as evidenced by various investment projects currently underway. In his remarks while opening the Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe (CoMZ) annual conference in Victoria Falls yesterday Mnangagwa said the results of the government’s efforts were being particularly felt in the mining sector where the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, says Zimbabwe will have surplus electricity in the next four years, with a capacity to generate over 5 000 megawatts due to the country’s relations with China, which he claimed are paying dividends. This comes as deputy Energy minister Magna Mudyiwa recently told Parliament that Zesa Holdings (Zesa) was in serious…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says shortages of refuse removal vehicles are to blame for the local authority’s failure to collect rubbish…
ZANU PF wants to replace the “lethargic” leaders of its youth and women’s leagues, as the ruling party escalates its preparations for the fast approaching 2023 national elections. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and other party bigwigs were not impressed by the leaders of the two key structures, who…
ZIMBABWE is bracing for more power blackouts following a revelation by deputy Energy minister Magna Mudyiwa that Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is in serious financial dire straits. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Mudyiwa said the financial situation at Zesa was affecting the operations of the company. “Zesa has been going through financial constraints ……
GLOBAL liberal politics organisation, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF),º says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented number of school dropouts, mainly in Matabeleland province. Speaking during a meeting with the parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday in Harare, (FNF) representative Rudo Mudzingwa said the Covid-19 pandemic had drastically affected the…
Tamary Chikiwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged local authorities in Bulawayo to rename buildings and streets after the country’s heroes, as he officially opened the Bulawayo Arts Festival (Baf) in the city yesterday. Mnangagwa said Baf had led the way in promoting the country’s heritage, adding that the government will promote Zimbabwe’s history to ensure…
ZIMBABWE is facing a shortage of Covid-19 vaccines as rich countries are hoarding the jabs, the country chief coordinator of a taskforce leading in the fight against the lethal virus, Agnes Mahomva, has said. Mahomva told a virtual meeting hosted by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches this week that the problem was, however, not unique…
AUTHORITIES have extended by another month an amnesty to people who imported used vehicles that are more than 10 years old, to…
