THE European Union (EU) has joined the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA) in re-affirming its readiness to offer more support to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to improve the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans. However, and just like what London and Washington have said, Brussels will only deepen its relations…
FIVE thousand people werearrested in three days this past week for violating Covid-19 regulations by not wearing masks. This comes after the government eased the national lockdown and authorised the resumption of business operations and free movement of people subject to strict adherence to prescribed health protocols. “The ZRP has noted with great concern…
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda said the government is planning to have a hydropower plant at every dam across the country. Speaking in the Senate last week after he was asked by senator chief Makumbe on what they are doing to take advantage of heavy rains this year in order to solve the power crisis, Soda…
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Chinhoyi man, Tinashe Zhengeni who is on the run after 225 rounds of ammunition were discovered at his residence on Tuesday. This comes amid an increase in reported armed robberies around the country where live ammunition is being used. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the Chinhoyi incident…
THE MDC is laying the groundwork for the country’s mooted national dialogue by initiating preliminary talks with traditional leaders, churches, civil society organisations (CSOs) and student formations. This comes as there is a growing consensus among many of the country’s key stakeholders — including the ruling Zanu PF, the MDC, churches and CSOs —…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO IN AN alarming development, nearly 5 000 teenage girls were impregnated in the first five weeks of this year alone. This comes as police have revealed that more than 2 000 minors below the age of 18 were reported to have been raped around the country last year. Presenting a report…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will soon begin preparations for the constituency delimitation exercise ahead of the 2023 national elections. This comes after the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) announced recently that the country would have its population and housing census in August this year ahead of the polls….
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw THE government will now vaccinate public transport workers, including Zupco employees, during the on-going first phase of the national Covid-19 inoculation programme, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Mnangagwa made the remarks yesterday in Harare while commissioning 50 new Zupco buses, to bring to 212 the entire fleet. Since 2019,…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Godknows Matarutse ONLY genuine national dialogue that includes the opposition and other key stakeholders in the country can energise Zimbabwe’s faltering re-engagement efforts with Western powers, political analysts say. This comes as United States of America president, Joe Biden, has renewed Washington’s sanctions on Harare — a few weeks after the British…
SOUTH Africa power utility, Eskom, will require government funding of approximately R1 billion per week — the equivalent of R6 million every hour of the day — to remain both financially and operationally stable in 2021. Without the cash, it will not be able to service its “unsustainable debt burden” of R480 billion. That state…
