Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has ordered major power consumers to start paying their electricity bills in foreign currency. Described as Intensive Energy Users Groups (IEUGs), these major corporate consumers require more than 500 megawatts (MW) to run their operations.In a letter dated February 28 and addressed to IEUG chairperson Eddie Cross, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO FIVE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) first year students perished in a road traffic accident that killed nine people in Filabusi on Thursday, the institution has confirmed. The five died when a Toyota Wish vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a Nissan UD truck…

BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE United States of America (USA) remains committed to helping Zimbabwe emerge from its decades-long myriad challenges and is pleased to see that Harare is trying to resolve its debt overhang. This was said by the USA’s deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, Robert Scott, who was in Zimbabwe…

By Ketty Nyoni EVEN though this year’s harvest is expected to improve food access across Zimbabwe owing to good rains, four in five poor households in most typical deficit- producing areas are expected not to meet their basic food needs, a report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) says. The FEWS NET…