THE Bulawayo City Council is yet to make a decision on the fate of its power stations whose ownership wrangle with Zesa has been raging on for decades. This comes at a time the government announced last week that it had decommissioned the Bulawayo power station and two others in Harare and Munyati due to…
A 28-YEAR-OLD Seke man was arrested late last month and is expected to appear in court to face rape charges after reportedly…
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed financial services giant, ZB Financial Holdings, yesterday unveiled an innovation hub as part of the group’s ongoing digital transformation journey. Speaking at the launch of the new platform in Harare, ZB group chief executive Shepherd Fungura said the financial institution wanted to maintain its position as the leading financial digital company…
IN-COMING Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mushayavanhu, is banking on his vast experience as a top banker to help him to do his new job at the central bank well. Speaking in Harare on Thursday night, at a farewell function that was organised by his former employers, FBC Holdings, Mushayavanhu hoped that his…
THE government says the improved power supplies across the country will continue as relevant authorities work on more measures to increase electricity generation. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Energy ministry permanent secretary Gloria Magombo, said the power utility, Zesa, has managed on increasing power generation at the Hwange Thermal Power Station units 7 and…
AUTHORITIES are concerned about the country’s worsening cases of sex crimes, especially those that involve people who are known to the victims. As a result, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) implored members of the public yesterday to help tackle the scourge by reporting all sexual offences to law enforcement agents. “The National Prosecuting…
STATE-owned Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has, with immediate effect, stopped cutting water supplies to protect its customers, especially farmers, from the El Nino-induced drought. The authority is owed at least $256 billion in water bills by government ministries, local authorities and farmers. However, to protect the debtors, Zinwa has decided not to cut water…
THE Agriculture ministry says it has managed to destroy a 14 head of cattle in Manicaland Province that was being transported without a permit. This comes as the country is battling Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and anthrax disease hence transportation of livestock without permit is restricted across the country. In a statement yesterday, Obert…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE current outbreak of influenza which hit the country a few weeks ago has so far claimed the lives of at least three people and laid low thousands others.Authorities told the Daily News yesterday that Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland East were among the provinces which had been worst affected by this…
POWER utility Zesa has embarked on another countrywide blitz which will see it disconnecting all defaulting customers, as it seeks to recover more than US$110 million it is owed in unpaid bills. Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) confirmed the blitz yesterday, while also advising all defaulting customers to clear their…
