By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA residents have called on newly-elected councillors in the dormitory town to shun corruption and prioritise quality service delivery during their term of office. This comes as 33 new councillors out of whom 30 belong to the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), 25 of whom were directly elected and eight…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE ruling Zanu PF says it is purposefully pursuing a policy of reconciliation both within the party and among all Zimbabweans after it won last month’s harmonised elections. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira,…
ELECTED Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) National Assembly and Senate members were yesterday sworn in for the 10th Parliament session at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden. Speaking to the Daily News, Zanu PF’s re-elected Mazowe West MP Kazembe Kazembe said the legislators would push for a legislative agenda that benefits…
By Beaven Dhliwayoin VICTORIA FALLS VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who doubles up as Health minister, says the government is committed to achieving universal health coverage and improving the quality of life by the year 2030. He said this yesterday in a speech read on his behalf by Higher and Tertiary Education minister, Amon Murwira while…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw A JUST-RELEASED report says HIV is ravaging Zimbabwe’s teenagers — with at least 25 000 girls aged between 10 and 19 years having contracted the virus in 2021 alone. The national assessment report on adolescent pregnancies in the country, which was put together by the ministry of Health, in conjunction with…
A HARARE magistrate yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for the outgoing deputy Health minister, John Mangwiro, after he failed to appear and testify in the trial of Marry Mubaiwa, who is facing attempted murder charges. Mubaiwa is being accused of attempting to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, while he was hospitalised…
THE 26th edition of the annual Mining, Engineering and Transport (Mine Entra) exhibition has been slated for November at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo. The exhibition will be held under the theme “Accelerating Economic Transformation through Mineral Beneficiation”, from November 1 to 3 this year. In a statement yesterday, ZITF chief executive…
By Brandon Josphat KEY stakeholders are urging authorities to implement more measures to encourage the wider local use of the Zimbabwe dollar and to further stabilise prices. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who has just been re-elected for another five years in office — says the economy remains among his top priorities, including…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile financial services platform, has removed the challenge of the shortage of change in retail outlets across the country with the introduction of its US$ wallet merchant payment system. This follows the wide acceptance and usage of the EcoCash US$ wallet in major retail outlets across the country, which allows shoppers to…
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his attendance at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration, saying his government’s policy was that of appeasement rather than confrontation. This comes after Ramaphosa’s rivals have savaged him saying his attendance was an endorsement of a flawed electoral process in Zimbabwe despite aspersions cast by the Sadc observer mission on…
