Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a chilling warning to opposition parties and individuals he accuses of plotting to topple his government through violence and delinquency, saying they have no place in the country and the southern African region, the Daily News reports. This comes as State Security…
STAFF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings (Zesa), has increased electricity tariffs by 50 percent, making the cumulative increase 100 percent inside two weeks. The first 50 kilowatts of power shot up from $0.74 to $1.19 making it $59.50, while the subsequent 150 KW will now…
THE Infrastructural Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) says it is seeking Green Climate Fund (GCF) accreditation as it increases its focus on renewable energy projects following the energy shortages faced by the country lately. In 2019 and during the first quarter of 2020, the country faced power shortages as the major power generation plant was…
Sindiso Mhlophe and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS ANY lingering hopes that warring MDC factions would soon come to their senses were quashed yesterday, after the main opposition’s interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe, pictured, recalled a further 10 of the party’s legislators from Parliament. This latest bloodbath, which the Daily News exclusively and correctly…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are mulling effecting another round of electricity price increases to prevent the country from plunging into a debilitating power crisis like the one that was experienced last year, the Daily News reports. At the same time, the government is wary of disturbing the current relative economic stability which…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PHYSICALLY-CHALLENGED people have lamented segregation in small-scale mining, calling on the government to empower them in the sector. Amid socio-economic malaise in the country, millions of poor Zimbabweans have turned to artisanal and small-scale mining as they try to fend for their families. However, few people living with disability have ventured…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema has insisted that schools are ready to reopen, saying if there is a resurgence of the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19), the government will not hesitate to close them. This comes as various stakeholders have slammed the government over its decision to reopen schools,…
THE ongoing dramatic attempts by MDC youths to end the party’s wars suffered a potentially fatal blow yesterday after Nelson Chamisa pooh-poohed the need to participate in intra-party unity talks. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the MDC Alliance leader also said he had nothing to do with this week’s seizure of the party’s…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged all Zimbabweans to help him return the country to its yester-year levels of high farm productivity, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe is bidding to regain its breadbasket status within the region, following decades of vast swathes of land previously owned by white commercial farmers lying untended in the country….
PARLIAMENT’S portfolio committee on Local Government has expressed dismay over the state of service delivery by local authorities countrywide, the Daily News reports. According to a report presented in the National Assembly on Tuesday, the committee conducted inquiries in Binga, Hwange, Victoria Falls, Bulawayo, Kadoma, Chegutu and Zvimba from March 2, holding meetings with local…
