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Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa said the government will keep promoting favourable conditions that guarantee the biofuel industry can sustainably supply feedstock for the blending of petrol with ethanol. Speaking at the commissioning of the US$7,3 million National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noic) ethanol storage and handling facility at the Mabvuku…

FORMER Finance deputy minister and Harare East MP Terrence Mukupe, who was on trial for smuggling a tanker filled with diesel into the country without paying duty, was yesterday found guilty and convicted by the High Court. Mukupe and his accomplices, Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzishe Mutsvene and Joseph Taderera, were arrested in 2017 after being intercepted…

THE chaos ravaging the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) plumbed new depths yesterday after rival factions fielded candidates for next month’s keenly-watched parliamentary and council by-elections. Among those who fi led their nomination papers under CCC were MPs and councillors who were recalled by Sengezo Tshabangu — who asserts that he is the party’s interim…

THE attempted murder trial of Marry Mubaiwa at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday failed to continue after the former model’s lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, did not come to court. Mubaiwa, who is on trial for allegedly attempting to kill her former husband, Vice President Constatino Chiwenga, while he was hospitalised in South Africa, recently hired a…

Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) is in a dire financial situation which is seriously affecting service delivery. This comes as the council is owed nearly $500 billion by residents, businesses and government departments. HCC finance and development committee chairperson, Costa Mande, told a recent council meeting that the non-payment of bills…

By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE World Bank (WB) says unsustainable land use in Zimbabwe is costing the country nearly US$2 billion annually and also exacerbating droughts and poverty.This comes after the WB recently conducted an assessment to quantify the impact of unsustainable land use in partnership with ProGreen in a bid to curb land degradation,…

By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES announced yesterday that the government has set aside US$12 million to combat the nationwide cholera outbreak, which has claimed over 180 lives since February of this year. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere while addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare. “Cabinet received an update on the cholera outbreak…

THE country’s floundering opposition has once again been warned that it is headed for total ruin unless its leaders end their futile wars and think more strategically about how to take on the ruling Zanu PF. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) deepening divisions, former MDC stalwarts Elias…

By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says everything is in place for today’s Nomination Court ahead of the by-elections scheduled for December 9, in nine constituencies across the country. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed December 9, 2023, as the date for by-elections to fill 14 National Assembly vacancies following the recall…