AUTHORITIES will today deliberate on how to mitigate the worsening power crisis in the country, amid growing calls for increased investment in more reliable and clean electricity generation plants. At the same time, former Energy ministers in the short-lived 2009 government of national unity— Elias Mudzuri and Elton Mangoma — urged authorities to re-ignite plans…
By Brighton Muronzereyi SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says the country’s economy remains under threat from exogenous factors despite the government’s efforts to stabilise it. Speaking in Harare yesterday during a post-budget seminar, Mudenda said while the distress suffered by Zimbabwean citizens had been somewhat alleviated, there was still room for improvement. “Imported…
THE Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF)’s challenge of Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s decision to terminate the Zimbabwe exemption permit (ZEP), which was…
By Yvonne Ncube THE government says it is well prepared and capacitated to respond to any natural disaster in the city as the rainy season, usually associated with floods and cyclones, has commenced. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a handover of donations to some victims of a recent fire outbreak in…
By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mutare Chief Superintendent Plaxedes Mbira has been dragged to court by Chiadzwa villagers after she allegedly declined to authorise their planned two demonstrations. The residents appeared before Mutare Magistrate Xavier Chipato yesterday seeking to have the police ban of their protests overturned. Chiadzwa Community Development Trust trustee…
THE government is proposing changing the terms of a US$3.5 billion compensation deal signed with white former farmers two years ago, after…
PROPERTY magnate and award-winning developer Ken Sharpe has for the umpteenth time been honoured for his sterling business acumen in the property…
THE relentless power cuts ravaging the country are set to worsen in the coming days after Zesa said yesterday it was battling numerous operational challenges, including failing to secure enough coal for its thermal-fired power stations due to a financial crunch. In addition, to the coal problems, the power utility also said five of its…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, has said despite implementing economic reforms and ease of doing business, Zimbabwe still needed to do more to attract foreign investors. In his 2023 National Budget presented at the new Parliament Building last Thursday, Ncube said Zimbabwe had an unfavourable environment for investors to come compared to other southern African…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government is gravely concerned by the spiking cases of sexual and domestic violence in the country. This comes after the country recorded 435 reported cases of rape, 959 incidents of sexual violence and 1 038 cases of domestic assault in the first nine months of this year alone. Worryingly, authorities say,…
