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Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN AN eff ort to promote Independent Power Producers (IPPs), authorities have given Geo Pomona Waste Management the green light to generate 22 megawatts at its dumpsite in Harare. This comes after the waste-toenergy company last week received the 2023 sustainability innovation champion award, an event hosted by Zimbabwe…

THE government is mulling amendments to the Electoral Act to include a cut-off time for electoral court challenges. This is intended to give the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) enough time to prepare for elections. Speaking in the National Assembly this week, after he was questioned by opposition MPs about why Zec had delayed distributing ballot…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night fired the deputy minister of Industry and Commerce Roy Bhila with immediate effect. In a statement, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya said Mnangagwa had exercised his constitutional powers to fire Bhila. “His Excellency the President of Zimbabwe … has, in terms of Section 108 (1a) of…

By Ketty Nyoni THE country’s education sector has received a funding boost of nearly US$49 million from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) meant to ensure quality learning and improved access to educational opportunities. Unicef and Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) are the grant agents that would ensure effective and efficient programme implementation. Speaking at…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is ready to assist the country execute its economic reforms through a staff monitoring programme to enhance economic development. Addressing the media at State House, Harare, after paying a courtesy call on President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday, IMF director African department Abebe Aemro Sezassie said…

SENGEZO Tshabangu, who asserts that he is the interim secretary-general of the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), says he is now busy preparing for the party’s elective congress. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday as the CCC’s internal wars become more intractable, Tshabangu said he would soon unveil a “roadmap with clear sign posts”…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration will not tolerate any form of corruption in the mining sector as this derails the country’s economic development. Speaking during the commissioning of the Bikita Mineral Spodumene and Petalite processing plants in Bikita, Masvingo, yesterday, Mnangagwa said the law would not hesitate to take its…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is among the countries in the region which will likely bear the full brunt of El Niño climate effects — with the resultant droughts worryingly set to continue until 2025. As a result, there are growing concerns that millions of people in the country and within Sadc will be food insecure…

A ZIMBABWEAN woman allegedly stole a five-month-old baby in South Africa before she came back and started staying in Harare’s Waterfalls suburb. Janet Marimo, 28, who resides at Prospect Flats in Waterfalls, was charged with contravening provisions of the Trafficking in Persons Act when she appeared before Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday. Marimo, who is…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says there was limited participation of Civil Society Organisations (CS0s) in voter education ahead of the August 23 general elections due to new laws that censored their operations. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa passed the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act 2023, commonly called…