THERE is no doubt that 2022 has been a challenging year for many Zimbabweans, amid debilitating power cuts, high prices of basic goods, and lately the threat of a resurgence of the noxious forex black market. All this has meant that despite hordes of people doing their last-minute shopping in urban areas over the past…
BY BRENDON JOSPHAT ZESA says the rolling power crisis facing the country will soon ease after successfully restoring electricity generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station and improved imports from the southern African region. This comes after the country has been experiencing long hours of darkness daily, after the Zimbabwe River Authority ordered the Zimbabwe Power…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT and BLESSINGS MASHAYA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday appointed his politburo team comprising new faces. These include deputy secretary of finance Mthuli Ncube, secretary for local government Supa Mandiwanzira, secretary of youth affairs Tino Machakaire and businessman James Makamba, who was appointed deputy secretary of transport. Mnangagwa also returned Webster Shamu as…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says all political parties eligible to receive funding under the Political Parties Finance Act must be audited to curb misuse of public funds. The minister said this last week in the National Assembly after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende had questioned why political parties receiving…
OPPOSITION parties yesterday said for Zimbabwe to achieve unity there is a need for the citizens to hold an all-inclusive dialogue that will resolve the country’s political and economic challenges. In a statement issued yesterday, MDC spokesperson Witness Dube said dialogue was the only solution to bring relief to a “deeply-divided Zimbabwe”. “Today, Zimbabwe is…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) yesterday said the tourism sector is on the rebound, as shown by the recording of US$579 million in revenue in 2022 compared to US$244.2 million in 2021, representing a 137 percent increase. This comes as the tourism sector has set out to achieve a US$5 billion economy by 2025. Speaking…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERS CHIEFS are pushing for the law to be amended going forward, to give them prosecutorial powers within their jurisdictions, so that they can help to curb the rising scourge of crime and political violence in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is seeking publicprivate-partnerships to back up its river bed rehabilitation in catchment areas for the city’s supply dams, as part of an initiative to boost inflows and reduce a perennial water crisis. This comes at a time when some dams like Umzingwane and Upper Ncema are facing low water levels…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw A MOVEMENT pushing for a third way in next year’s general elections yesterday claimed that former Zanu PF national commissar Saviour ‘Tyson’ Kasukuwere will be its presidential candidate. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (Feez) leader Godfrey Tsenengamu said Kasukuwere had agreed to run for…
LIMPOPO police are searching for a group of armed suspects who shot and killed two bus passengers. The bus, which was carrying…
