PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hailed the launch of the country’s first space satellite, ZimSat-1, as a proud moment symbolising a nation on…
THE Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority’s (ZimParks) bid to curb poaching in the mid-Zambezi Valley has received a major boost after the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) invested over US$10 million to develop infrastructure. The funds will also help the authority to digitalise radio communication equipment, provision of new vehicles for anti-poaching patrols and…
By Brighton Muronzereyi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has described as chaotic the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation exercise, which is being completed by the electoral body ahead of the 2023 elections. Speaking to the media in Harare yesterday, the CCC interim elections secretary, Ian Makone, claimed that Zec’s delimitation exercise was messy, adding the…
STEWARD Bank, Zimbabwe’s largest bank by depositors, yesterday reported a record $5.7 billion profit after-tax for the six months to the end of August 2022, up 314 percent from the prior period, spurred by the bank’s digitisation drive. The EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited subsidiary also announced a 223 percent increase in net operating income from…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is pushing for all the country’s aspiring presidential candidates to sign a peace pledge ahead of next year’s crunch harmonised elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NPRC spokesperson Obert Gutu said unlike in 2018 when the commission organised a peace pledge for political parties, all aspiring presidential…
By Brandon Josphat CIVIL Servants will start receiving their bonuses this month without conditions. This follows an agreement to this effect between the government and the workers’ representatives.Speaking after a National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) meeting yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), Cecilia Alexander, confirmed the agreement.“The meeting…
By Ketty Nyoni ANTI-RIOT police officers yesterday engaged in running battles with vendors at Mupedzanhamo Flea Market and Mashawasha Grounds in Mbare, Harare. A Daily News crew yesterday mid-morning witnessed hundreds of vendors scurrying for cover at Mashawasha Grounds next to Rufaro Stadium as over 20 anti-riot police details in a moving police truck indiscriminately…
By Regis Chingawo THE cost of living for one person in October shot to $28 144 from $21 455 the previous month, showing an increase of 3.1 percent, a survey done by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) has revealed. “The Food Poverty Line as of October 2022 stood at $21 454.60. This represents an…
By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE yesterday successfully launched its first ambitious satellite — ZimSat1 — to space, carrying on a spacecraft called the Northrop Grumman (NG-18 Cygnus) from Virginia, the United States. The launch was supposed to be last Sunday, but it was aborted and postponed to yesterday after a fi re was reported in the…
By Brandon Josphat THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has set an ambitious voter mobilisation target for its sitting MPs and councillors as a condition for them to contest their seats again in 2023. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CCC national deputy spokesperson, Gift Siziba, said these members were expected to register at least…
