Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sought the court’s mercy after delaying to file his heads of argument in a case he was sued by Free Zimbabwe Congress leader Joseph Busha over introduction of the RTGS dollar. Mnangagwa is seeking condonation for late filing of the heads of argument and extension of…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE number of people being taken into quarantine centres has decreased easing pressure on stretched government resources, Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has revealed. This comes after thousands of Zimbabweans, returned to the country from within the region and abroad, with a large number having been received from…
FOLLOWING the inaugural foreign exchange auction held on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe announced massive fuel price increases for both petrol and diesel, which are bound to have an impact on prices of basic goods and services. Our reporters Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Goko went into the streets of Harare to seek…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has waded into the Bulawayo water crisis urging the local authority to take urgent action on the ravaging diarrhoea outbreak which has claimed 12 lives and infected more than 1 500 to date. This comes as the city fathers have since identified…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE poverty datum line has jumped by more than 100 percent from $3 398 in May to $8 484 in June, the country’s statistical agency — the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) — revealed yesterday. This comes at a time prices of commodities in supermarkets have also significantly increased….
By Tendai Kamhungira and Jeffrey Muvundisi PRIVATE schools have been caught up in a racism storm, with learners and former learners coming together to claim mistreatment of members of the black community by school officials. Students and former students who attended private schools have created social media pages, where they narrate ordeals of unequal treatment…
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Harare City Council, the government and civil society organisations is rehabilitating informal markets in Harare’s suburbs to benefit 20 000 traders. This comes as council recently destroyed illegal vending structures in Mbare, Highfield and Glen View among other suburbs, which were used by small and…
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) lodged a petition with the Parliament of Zimbabwe, raising issues that were of critical importance if electoral issues were to be addressed before the advent of the next set of polls. Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Misheck Mataranyika presented the report on electoral…
THE Parliamentary portfolio committee on Budget and Finance has exposed the porosity at the country’s ports of entry as most of them are using outdated machines which gives an advantage to smugglers. In a damning report, the Felix Mhona-led committee said there is a shortage of scanners at most of the border posts in particular,…
BUSINESS magnate and Africa Union Coronavirus Special Envoy Strive Masiyiwa yesterday announced free coronavirus (Covid-19) testing for people in low income and rural areas in Zimbabwe. He said this would be complimented with a ramped-up testing for the broader population at a cost. These, according to the tycoon, would be done through his Higher Life…
