Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE country has started rolling out fourth Covid jabs to people who want to further fortify their protection against the respiratory disease, the deputy minister of Health John Mangwiro has said. Speaking in the Senate last week, Mangwiro also said everyone in the country from the age of 12 onwards…
Melisa Chatikobo chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council loses almost US$250 000 daily through space barons collecting money from vendors, the capital’s Provincial Affairs secretary Tafadzwa Muguti has said. In a statement yesterday, Muguti said his office had embarked on a joint operation with relevant stakeholders to plug the leakages. “For some time now there has been a…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO FOLLOWING a recent spike in machete and armed robberies in the country’s second largest city, the police say they have nabbed eight robbers out of 13 wanted suspects. The robbers were reportedly terrorising victims with machetes before stealing their property or cash and in some instances murdering them. Addressing journalists yesterday,…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has demanded an investigation into possible corruption regarding the distribution of Covid-19 grants to vulnerable groups by the Labour and Social Welfare ministry and a communications company. This comes as the government set aside Covid-19 relief funds to cushion vulnerable members of society during the hard lockdown to contain the spread…
BOTH ordinary consumers and businesses alike continue to reel from the country’s relentless power outages, which got worse in Harare at the weekend. So serious are the capital city’s current blackouts, that its central business district (CBD) — which houses key government functions and major corporate head offices — has had no electricity at all…
Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailnews.co.zw ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda says it is the duty of Parliament to review fuel taxes as a measure to cut its prices. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Soda said his ministry does not have powers to reduce fuel taxes. “My understanding is, it is the Parliament which passes the taxation…
THE government says it is drafting a Statutory Instrument to address the prevalent human-wildlife conflict through ensuring that revenue generated from hunting quotas is allocated to affected communities. This comes after former permanent secretary in the Environment ministry Munesu Munodawafa told delegates at the just-ended Elephant Conference that policy makers must consider the interests of…
A FORMER Zanla combatant Marshall Rex Sibanda is set for rich pickings after the High Court directed Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to register him as an ex-combatant and pay his benefits backdating to 25 years ago. Sibanda told the court that he was vetted in 1997 and issued with a war veterans’ card as proof…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has directed the Agriculture Rural Development Authority (Arda) to manage all irrigation schemes across the country as the authorities are targeting to develop the country’s agriculture sector. Speaking in Masvingo during a National Irrigation Competition prize giving ceremony at the weekend, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s vision of…
THE findings of a recent survey by pan-African research organisation Afrobarometer suggest that the country’s opposition may be up against it in next year’s crucial national elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts especially warned Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa that he would have to do…
