PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa joined over 100 global leaders for the COP27 climate conference in Egypt which ended yesterday on how to deal with climate change. The consequences of global warming have been catastrophic to poor countries and Mnangagwa is dead right when he calls for global cooperation on how to mitigate its consequences.Zimbabwe, like most…
By Brighton Muronzereyi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has described as chaotic the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation exercise, which is being completed by the electoral body ahead of the 2023 elections. Speaking to the media in Harare yesterday, the CCC interim elections secretary, Ian Makone, claimed that Zec’s delimitation exercise was messy, adding the…
SOUTH African legendary artiste Yvonne Chaka Chaka is intent on keeping the legacy of Oliver Mtukudzi and Hugh Masekela alive. The singer’s…
By Ashley Moyo SOUTH AFRICA BASED filmmaker Daniel Lasker, scooped the director’s prize for cultural impact and achievement at the Film Quest festival held in Utah in the United States over the weekend. Lasker landed the award thanks to his trailblazing film — The Signal — the first ever Ndebele science movie. A delighted Lasker…
STEWARD Bank, Zimbabwe’s largest bank by depositors, yesterday reported a record $5.7 billion profit after-tax for the six months to the end of August 2022, up 314 percent from the prior period, spurred by the bank’s digitisation drive. The EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited subsidiary also announced a 223 percent increase in net operating income from…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE Harare City Council (HCC) says it is on high alert over a possible cholera outbreak following reports that at least 200 people have died from the pandemic in neighbouring Malawi. Mozambique has also recorded an outbreak of the communicable disease, raising fears the epidemic might spread to Zimbabwe. However, speaking to…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to engage informal traders and establish lasting solutions to minimise the sprouting of unsanctioned trading in the city. The decision follows the realisation that repeated raids by the police and the local authority on informal traders in the city over the years have not yielded any results. Speaking…
By Brandon Josphat CIVIL Servants will start receiving their bonuses this month without conditions. This follows an agreement to this effect between the government and the workers’ representatives.Speaking after a National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) meeting yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), Cecilia Alexander, confirmed the agreement.“The meeting…
By Ketty Nyoni ANTI-RIOT police officers yesterday engaged in running battles with vendors at Mupedzanhamo Flea Market and Mashawasha Grounds in Mbare, Harare. A Daily News crew yesterday mid-morning witnessed hundreds of vendors scurrying for cover at Mashawasha Grounds next to Rufaro Stadium as over 20 anti-riot police details in a moving police truck indiscriminately…
By Regis Chingawo THE cost of living for one person in October shot to $28 144 from $21 455 the previous month, showing an increase of 3.1 percent, a survey done by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) has revealed. “The Food Poverty Line as of October 2022 stood at $21 454.60. This represents an…
