WITH only a few months until harmonised elections, analysts say if the opposition in Zimbabwe is to win the 2023 national elections, it will need to put in place strategies that will appeal to rural voters and strengthen its local structures. These sentiments come after the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party lost three…
AS usual during the festive season, immigrants from various countries, mainly Zimbabwean nationals, cross in numbers at the busiest port of entry, Beitbridge Border Post in Musina. Unlike in the past years, they are not spending nights on the queue before being processed. More than 20 000 immigrants have been processed travelling towards Zimbabwe between…
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has tightened its security on distribution of agricultural inputs to curb theft of the government funded Pfumvudza/Intwasa inputs. Since the start of the free agricultural inputs to small-scale farmers three years ago, there have been reports of the inputs being stolen and being sold on the black market. However, speaking…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed food aid to more than 500 000 vulnerable people from November to mid-December this year, its latest report reveals. The WFP said Zimbabwe is among the 20 countries with the highest food insecurity statistics in the world. “Zimbabwe continues to be among the 20 countries where food insecurity…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw INDUSTRY has called on relevant government authorities to ensure that there are no cases of political violence in next year’s general elections to enhance productivity and economic growth. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president Kurai Matsheza said there was a need to maintain peace before, during…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday handed over a preliminary delimitation report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In a statement, acting chief secretary to the president and cabinet George Charamba said the report would be tabled before Parliament within seven working days for debate. The report is used in demarcating the country’s 210…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has bemoaned high accident levels in the country over the Christmas holiday, which put pressure on blood stocks. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NBSZ communications officer, Kudakwashe Chidziya, said although they had significantly improved the national blood bank in the run-up to the holidays,…
A DAY after a Lincoln, United States, man was shot and killed, police arrested a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve who they allege…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has with immediate effect temporarily stopped the granting of mining concessions for diamond, copper, lithium, nickel and rare earth minerals to curb leakages and non-declaration of new minerals discovered. In a letter dated December 19, 2022 and addressed to the 10 provincial mining directors by Mines ministry secretary Pfungwa Kunaka,…
ZIMBABWE recently launched the national disaster loss database, also known as the Sendai platform, a web-based tool for reporting validated data on…
