By Rutendo Ngara POLICE have confirmed that over 20 people have died in road accidents across the country following the start of the festive season last Friday, with human error cited as a major contributor to the deaths. The festive season ends on January 16, 2023. Speaking at a press briefing in Harare yesterday, police…
By Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITER MUSIC stars Jah Prayzah and Alick Macheso will headline the high powered Wedza Arts Festival set to take place at Machakaire Village in Mashonaland East on Christmas Day. The event bankrolled by Arts deputy minister Tino Machakaire in his constituency, will also feature big guns such as Mambo Dhuterere, Killer T,…
CABINET recently approved the principles of an Economic Empowerment Bill that will be tabled in Parliament next year. This will not be entirely new. In 2010, a controversial Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act was enacted and prescribed that 51 percent equity in all companies operating in the country then should be owned by indigenes. It…
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has challenged youth to join mainstream politics with national interests at heart. Speaking in Harare yesterday during the launch of the parliamentary youth caucus, Mudenda said the youth must take a leading role in the political discourse, as was the case during the liberation struggle. “When you come…
Regis ChingawoSENIOR STAFF WRITERchingawor@dailynews.co.zw SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister, Walter Mzembi, says next year’s elections will once again mainly be a battle between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, with the latter up against it in the polls. Speaking to the Daily News from his South African base yesterday, Mzembi…
By Nyasha Dube LANDS minister Anxious Masuka has been taken to court by a Chiredzi farmer, Morris Chishonge, who is accusing him of ignoring a High Court order granted in 2017 to cancel a farm lease agreement. In his application filed at the High Court, Chishonge cited Masuka and another Chiredzi farmer, Levison Chiseva, as…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) came under fire yesterday after hordes of residents stormed its offices and demanded the delivery of residential stands they purchased nearly a decade ago, but never delivered. The visibly angry placard-waving residents marched, sang and danced as they demanded the city fathers to provide an explanation over…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa A HARARE company, Tonia Investments, has approached the High Court seeking to stop the Malawian Embassy from interfering with its occupation of a building in the capital. In an application filed at the High Court, Tonia Investments cited the Malawi government and 18 of the company’s subtenants as the respondents. According to…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education has implored the government to prioritise funding for Early Childhood Development (ECD) education to enhance the country’s human capital development. Speaking at a virtual Transnational Sadc parliamentary forum yesterday, chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education, Tonderai Moyo, said…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE-HEADQUARTERED firm, R.P Mkushi and Sons, is suing the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for over US$180 000 after one of its properties in Gutu, Masvingo, was gutted by a fire following a spark from rundown power cables. R.P Mkushi and Sons, together with its tenant, Chakwesha Investments, approached…
