PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again warned that authorities will crack down mercilessly on all perpetrators of violence and chaos ahead of the country’s impending elections. Speaking in Harare yesterday at the burial of the amiable late former Cabinet minister and Zanu PF spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, at the National Heroes Acre, Mnangagwa said the…
THE influential Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) says churches are not losing hope for inclusive national dialogue ahead of the fast-approaching 2023…
ZESA Holdings says it has tied up a deal to import more electricity from Zambia and Mozambique to augment its depleted generation…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says his budget next week will “cheer up the vulnerable and lowly-paid employees” through tax reliefs. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Ncube also said authorities would step up their efforts to deal with unscrupulous businesses that stand accused of fuelling price hikes through the manipulation of the local currency. “On the…
ZESA Holdings(Zesa) has embarked on a power disconnection rampage in a bid to reduce customer debt and boost its coffers — to allow the utility to replace its antiquated infrastructure and also improve its electricity generation capacity. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, the acting minister of Energy and Power Development, Jenfan Muswere, said…
ZANU PF bigwigs are sweating over the rising cases of violence among its supporters, with the mayhem that was witnessed in Kwekwe…
THE government yesterday extended the Level 2 lockdown by two more weeks to allow more citizens to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as it moves to avert a potential fourth wave outbreak. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in the capital yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Zimbabweans must remain vigilant as the deadly virus is…
AS THE country continues to reel from brutal power cuts, the country’s tottering public health institutions are paying the price for the relentless loadshedding. At the same time, the power cuts have worsened the ability of struggling local authorities around the country to treat their water and pump it to parched suburbs and industrial areas….
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the government is currently probing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) companies abusing the Reserve of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign currency facility by selling gas in foreign currency instead of the local currency. Answering questions in the Senate last week, Ncube said the government was doing everything to deal with unscrupulous LP gas…
TRIBUTES were pouring in yesterday after affable Zanu PF spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, died in Bulawayo after a long illness. SK, as Khaya Moyo was affectionately referred to by many people, was 76, and was known to have been battling with cancer for many years. Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, described the former…
