FORMER MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe has challenged opposition political parties to adopt new strategies to lure more voters ahead of the crunch 2023 harmonised elections. Khupe, who was speaking recently on a twitter space organised by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mthwakazi, a group of the party’s supporters based in the diaspora, said…
Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zwTHE Harare City Council (HCC) says it has man- aged to secure water treatment chemicals to ease water shortage in the capital. In a notice, HCC urged residents to use water wisely as chemicals were still in short supply.“Please note that water treatment chemicals have started trickling in and there is minimum pumping…
Blessing MasakadzaSENIOR STAFF WRITERAmasakadzab@dailynews.co.zwTRUCK driver has been nabbed on allegations of conning a local business- man of over 500 000 rand in a botched groceries supplies deal. Admire Mubaiwa allegedly misrepresented that he was in the business of importing groceries from South Africa for a fee before supplying his bank account on the guise that…
Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have issued a temporary amnesty to all people who possess illegal firearms, as the government bids to stem soaring cases of violent crime involving guns in the country. National police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said yesterday that the reprieve had been granted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and was effective until the end…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.za PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared, posthumously, national hero status to the founding president of Zanu, Ndabaningi Sithole and nationalist James Chikerema. Sithole died in 2000, while Chikerema died in 2006, but were not declared national heroes by the late former president Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa also conferred the same honour to Brigadier General…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw NATIONAL Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) yesterday said the country is facing a serious shortage of blood and appealed for more blood donations. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NBSZ spokesperson Kuda Chidziye said the situation needed immediate intervention.“As NBSZ we are short of all blood types. Statistically, we are below our average…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to always cherish the gains of the liberation struggle and guard against people who seek to foment divisions in the country. Speaking at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, as the nation marked Heroes’ Day, Mnangagwa also reiterated that his government was committed to engaging…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) party says it will continue to participate in all national events despite their deep-rooted political differences with Zanu PF. In their Heroes’ Day commemoration statement, CCC spokesperson Fadzai Mahere said the party would rise above party politics and continue to participate in national events.“We acknowledge and respect…
SOUTH Africa’s Matshela Energy, owned by former Eskom chief executive officer, Matshela Koko, has concluded a power purchase agreement with the Zimbabwe…
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice chairperson, Job Sikhala, and his comrades have suffered a setback in their bid to be represented by international lawyers, after authorities said yesterday the jurists were not welcome in country. Sikhala, fellow MP Godfrey Sithole and 14 others have been languishing in remand prison since June this…
