RAMPANT factionalism and endless bickering will remain a major feature of local political parties, until they improve their internal democratic processes and deal decisively with the thorny issue of succession, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts said it was particularly striking that all local political parties did not seem…
THE minister of Transport, Felix Mhona says a crippling shortage of foreign currency, coupled with obsolete equipment, is making it difficult for authorities to clear the national backlog for metal drivers’ licences — which dates back to 2018. Speaking in the Senate last week, where legislators wanted to know how the government planned to rectify…
NATIONAL Tree ambassador, Never Bonde has raised concerns over the rise in firewood poaching in areas surrounding urban areas mostly triggered by the current power cuts being experienced in the country. In a letter dated July 20, directed to Environment minister Mangaliso Ndlovu, Bonde said there is need for authorities to take action against firewood…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) says it will embark on an exercise to re-evaluate some of the major deals it previously entered into, to ensure that they were benefitting residents. In a statement posted by the HCC’s communication department yesterday, mayor Jacob Mafume and the entire local authority were of the view that some of…
THE government has urged the mining sector to refocus and seek to increase value addition for the country to reap maximum rewards from its vast mineral resources. Speaking at the 25th Mine Entra edition that ended on Friday in Bulawayo, minister of Mines Winston Chitando said there was a need for the mining industry to…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo has urged opposition leaders to “walk the talk” and show that they mean what they say when they criticise Zanu PF, by actively fostering democracy in their parties. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the opposition stalwart expressed grave reservations about the apparent reluctance by both…
Dionne Kanyowa THE appeal against conviction and sentence of the former Mines ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga was postponed on Thursday after he requested extra time to supplement his arguments as he had found new information crucial to his appeal. Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, who was representing Gudyanga, told High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero the…
Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has passed a 30-year jail sentence on a man who gruesomely murdered his 87-year-old uncle by striking him in the head with an axe several times in November 2019 in Domboshava. Justice Munanamato Mutevedzi found Killian Tagarira guilty of murdering Bernard Shonhai Majaji, who was a brother to the…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmurozereyib@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants resolved yesterday to go on strike for two days next week, warning that if their grievances are not resolved by September they will undertake a bigger and longer industrial action. This comes despite last-minute attempts by authorities to engage government workers over the wage dispute, which has been rumbling on…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER murozereyib@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT wants working men in the country to be allowed to go on one month paternity leave when their wives give birth in order to allow them to take care of their loved ones. In its report presented in the National Assembly during the second reading of the Labour Amendment…
