By Regis Chingawo CIVIL servants are groaning over Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s budget for 2023 which they say will not do much to alleviate their plight and that of vulnerable groups. The complaint came just after the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and the…
By Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZESA has been granted permission to produce 300 megawatts (MW) per day by Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) after Zimbabwe had exhausted its allocated water supplies meant for power generation at the Kariba Power Station. The 300MW is half of what the power station was generating before exhausting its quota.Last week, ZRA ordered…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says a study had shown the country’s judiciary was riddled with corruption, which threatened to undermine the…
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE police have expressed concern about the number of minors who have been abused or exposed to gender-based violence (GBV), becoming violent perpetrators, raping and murdering other juveniles. The shocking trend comes at a time Zimbabwe is witnessing an increase in cases of GBV, mostly against minors and women. However, the police…
By Rutendo Ngara THE minister of Lands Anxious Masuka has called on Chiredzi residents, who were relocated after their displacement to pave way for a 3 000-hectare community irrigation scheme, to show appreciation by voting for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next year’s general elections Villagers in the Buffalo Range resettlement scheme in ward 29 in…
By Ketty Nyoni OVER seven months after the 2022 population and housing census was conducted, some enumerators are yet to receive their payments, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) top officials have revealed. Speaking before the parliamentary portfolio committee on budget, finance and economic development in Harare earlier this week, ZimStats finance and administration director Romana…
By Cloud FusireSPORTS WRITER WILL it be FC Platinum’s Walter Musona or CAPS United’s gunslinger William Manondo? This is probably the biggest question to several football fans in the country. But, it will, however, be answered tonight when the 2021/22 Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year is made known. It appears a two-horse race…
By Ashley Moyo SOME of the country’s leading Zimdancehall artistes are scheduled to perform at Sniper Storm’s album launch which will take place at Harare Gardens in the capital tomorrow. The line-up of performers includes Seh Calaz, Dadza D, Guspy Warrior, Kinnah, Shinsoman, King Shaddy, Ras Caleb, Uncle Epatan, Blot, Silent Killer, Jah Signal, Jah…
BY ASHLEY MOYO UNITED Kingdom-based veteran urban grooves artiste Decibel, pictured’s, home-coming gig is set to take place tomorrow in his home town of Masvingo. Dubbed The return of The King, the event being organised by popular music producer Cymplex and DJ Vans, is meant to celebrate the Chido-hit maker’s return after 17 years away…
A GURUVE man, Jordan Chikazhe, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after the High Court found him guilty of murdering his girlfriend. Chikazhe was arrested in November last year after fatally striking and killing his then girlfriend Bethel Marara with a metal hoe. According to court documents, Chikazhe visited Marara at her home…
