Brandon JosphatPOLITICAL EDITOR THE ruling Zanu PF is confident that the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will not block Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 (CAB3) in the Senate. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the former liberation movement’s chief whip in Parliament, Pupurai Togarepi, also said yesterday…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERAUTHORITIES are accelerating the Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Bill to boost climate preparedness and strengthen national risk governance.Speaking at the Zimbabwe Youth Symposium on Disaster Risk Reduction in Harare yesterday, the deputy minister of Local Government and Public Works, Benjamin Kabikira, said significant progress had been made in replacing the outdated Civil Protection…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has implored farmers and landowners to implement immediate fire suppression measures, warning that fire safety defaulters face heavy fines and imprisonment.This comes as the 2026 veld fire restriction period commence on July 1 to November 30, prompting the agency to call for urgent action to reduce the risk…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO SADC member states must move past empty declarations and rapidly deliver tangible infrastructure and digital connectivity benefits to ordinary citizens, regional leaders have warned.Addressing senior officials during the opening of the Sixth Sadc Cluster Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Transport, ICT, Information and Meteorology here, the chairperson of the committee of senior…
Brighton Muronzereyi CHIEF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) has made an urgent call for expert input to streamline complex property laws, resolve compulsory agricultural acquisitions, and overhaul public compensation frameworks. The move comes as the country continues efforts to strengthen land administration systems and resolve outstanding issues relating to land ownership, transfers, public acquisition…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council is owed more than ZiG163 million in unpaid school fees, crippling the smooth running of municipal schools. The latest council report by the director of housing and community services Dictor Khumalo, stated that although over ZiG21 million was collected during the first term across the city’s 31 schools,…
Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) targets collecting US$473 million by late 2026, having already cleared US$190 million by mid-year. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Public Entities Boards and Corporate Governance Performance review meeting in Bulawayo at the weekend, Zinara board chairperson George Manyaya said the…
TAPIWA CHIRUME MASVINGO City Council is expanding its international outreach to secure foreign investment ahead of the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo. The push comes after an engagement between Masvingo mayor Aleck Tabe and Pakistan’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Muhammad Amjad Aziz Qazi, where the two sides explored potential areas of cooperation in investment, tourism, trade, industry…
TINASHE Pwarayi, the son of the late freedom fighter and medical practitioner Edward Munatsireyi Pswarayi who has been on the run after…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER GOVERNMENT says prospects of recovering 17 fire tenders seized in Lithuania are now slim, after the vehicles—procured from Belarus in 2023—were auctioned in 2025 for breaching European Union (EU) trade regulations. The fire engines, intended for distribution to local authorities across Zimbabwe, were intercepted at the Port of Klaipėda in…
