THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has budgeted US$120 million to undertake the country’s first economic census from next month until 2026. Speaking at the training of Zimstat mappers in Harare yesterday, the agency’s acting director general, Aluwiso Mukavhi, said the census was meant to come up with comprehensive baseline figures on the size and…
THINGS will likely get a lot worse before they get better for the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). This comes as the CCC faction that remains loyal to former party leader Nelson Chamisa is ratcheting up the pressure on interim boss Welshman Ncube and his team. A party insider told the Daily News yesterday…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MUTAPA Investment Fund (MIF) chief executive John Mangudya says Zesa must find an urgent solution to the current prolonged power cuts, adding they are tarnishing the utility’s image. This comes as the rolling blackouts have returned with authorities saying this was due to the maintenance works being carried out at the…
GOVERNMENT says preparations for the upcoming Sadc Heads of State and Government Summit to be held in Harare in August are well on course. The country will host the 44th Sadc Summit and assume the regional body’s chairmanship. Speaking to the Daily News last night, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said the country was now finalising…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMEN Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu were yesterday interviewed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on allegations of corruption being raised against the two. This comes as the duo and another businessman Wicknell Chivayo are under Zacc investigations into allegations that they bagged a fortune from a multi-million dollar Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have started screening travellers coming into the country for the deadly Mpox. This comes as the highly infectious viral disease has been reported in the region, including in neighbouring South Africa and Zambia. It also comes as Zimbabwe has never recorded cases of Mpox — which has so far killed…
IN a move aimed at enhancing data affordability to the majority of Zimbabweans, Liquid Intelligent Technologies has reduced the US dollar unlimited…
Interview by Guthrie Munyuki Group Editor-In-Chief WITH the call from Zanu PF’s women and youth leagues for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond the expiry of his final term in office in 2028 getting louder by the day, his biographer and renowned economist Eddie Cross believes the president will not go for a…
CHAOS continues to ravage the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) despite the valiant efforts by the party’s interim leadership to heal its divisions. This comes as Sengezo Tshabangu — who CCC bigwigs no longer recognise as the party’s interim secretary general — insists that he remains “in charge” of the outfit’s day to day functions…
THE commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate the Harare City Council (HCC) will hold public hearings starting today. Retired judge, Justice Maphios Cheda — who is chairing the commission — confirmed the development yesterday. “The commission of inquiry into the Harare City Council governance would like to inform the public…
