TWENTY five members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), who were arrested at the weekend in Budiriro, Harare, are scheduled to appear back in court today for continuation of their bail application after they were yesterday remanded in custody. The 25 were arrested over the weekend after they allegedly “participated in a gathering with…
AS LINGERING droughts hit southern Africa’s hydropower dams, Zimbabwe faces growing electricity shortages – but connecting individuals and businesses that have installed private solar panels to the national grid could help fill some of the gap. Farmer Kalani Ndlovu, for instance, wants to expand his 13 kilowatt (KW) solar mini-grid – used to pump well…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has broken its silence on the raging debates around its draft delimitation report, saying it takes all the inputs made to date by key stakeholders seriously. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, in the wake of Parliament’s ad-hoc committee on the report presenting its findings to the august House…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it is disturbed by increasing cases of violence against the party and its members. This comes as the party’s MPs, Costa Machingauta and Amos Chibaya — who were arrested in Harare at the weekend — are set to appear in court today, together with…
LOCAL government minister July Moyo has been stripped of the powers to make decisions on behalf of local authorities in the country, after the High Court last week declared that Section 314 of the Urban Councils Act was invalid. According to the clause, a minister has the authority to overturn, postpone, or revoke council…
A Chinese investor, Pei Zhenhua, chairperson and principal of Suzhou TA and A Ultra, plans to invest in the construction of a lithium processing plant in Mutoko, Mashonaland East. Zhenhua claimed the project, which would generate two million tonnes of lithium annually, will benefit local communities and the nation’s economy. “Our target is…
TWO Bulawayo brothers have been sentenced to four years in prison each by a local magistrate’s court for assaulting a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus conductor and robbing him of $2 000, which is just equivalent to US$3. Nhlanhla Gangeni, 25, and Siphosenkosi Gangeni, 21, appeared at the Tredgold Magistrate’s Court in Bulawayo,…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT ZANU PF says it will deal decisively with all its errant members, especially the youth, as it bids to end growing indiscipline within its ranks ahead of this year’s fast-approaching national elections. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Zanu PF acting secretary for administration Patrick Chinamasa, who is also…
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general Gift Machengete said his organisation connected more than 1000 schools to the Internet in 2022. Speaking while handing over computers to 14 schools in Masvingo Province at Mutendi High School last week, Machengete said his organisation was committed to ensuring that all schools are…
TEACHERS’ UNIONS will raise concerns with government representatives at the next National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting about what safeguards the State is putting in place to protect teachers from political violence, particularly in rural communities. Zimbabwe is expected to hold general elections later this year, but teacher groupings are wary that teachers might…
