PRESS freedom is the life blood of any democracy, hence the government’s pronouncement on Friday that it will do everything in its power to guarantee the safety of journalists during the forthcoming harmonised elections is welcome. Over the years, the country witnessed the arrest, harassment, and insult and in some cases physical assault of journalists…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi WHILE it is too early to know the full implications of the results of Zanu PF’s dramatic primaries on the country’s body politic, the indications are that this could consolidate the ruling party’s power after this year’s national elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the analysts…
By Ketty Noyni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the country’s judiciary system to act in a non-partisan manner when dealing with political violence cases, as the country hurtles towards general elections set to be held before the end of August. Speaking during the official opening of magistrates’ court in Epworth yesterday, Mnangagwa called on…
BELARUSIAN minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik and minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe Frederick Shava held a meeting…
CHINA Energy Engineering Group has proposed to build a 1 000-megawatt floating solar farm for Zimbabwe, a nearly US$1 billion project, on…
By Rutendo Ngara FARMERS say they will be forced to sell their produce to informal grain buyers as the 2023 marketing season starts due to low prices being offered by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), which is the sole buying agent. This comes as Zimbabwe is expected to produce a bumper harvest of 3.1 million…
By Yvonne Ncube THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) wants Zesa to decentralise power supplies to the local authority’s water pumping stations and save its water pipes from further damage due to rolling power cuts. Like most parts of the country, Bulawayo is experiencing punishing daily power cuts lasting for up to 15 hours affecting both…
IT IS harvesting season, and tobacco farmer Ian Nhata is making final preparations before transporting his golden leaf to the market in…
GLOBAL television network, Al Jazeera, last week broadcasted its first of the four episodes documentary alleging a massive gold and money laundering scam in the country. The country is reportedly losing millions, if not billions, of hard currency to cartels run by influential people, allegedly with the complicity of high-ranking officials in the government and…
MOROCCO recorded their first win over the mighty Brazil with HM King Mohammed VI’s massive investment in football key to the success…
