WITH infrastructure rehabilitation taking ages to complete and hundreds still living in camps 10 months after tropical Cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani, it is not surprising that the current wet spell has put locals on the edge, fearing another disaster. Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in March last year, leaving 340 people dead and many others missing….
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says the government must strengthen its social security nets to compliment humanitarian aid being offered to food insecure families. This comes at a time when the country’s food and economic crises are worsening with about eight million people facing starvation. It also comes after the WFP recently revealed that it…
LOCAL non-governmental organisations under the banner of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have appealed to the public to reject the recently-gazetted Constitution Amendment Bill, saying it takes the country back to dictatorship. The much-criticised Amendment Bill proposes changes ranging from scrapping the contentious provision of presidential running mates to the selection of judges and prosecutors…
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says MDC councillors running several municipalities across the country are not to blame for poor service delivery as they do not have total control of the local authorities. Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club recently, Chamisa said local authorities were at the mercy of the government. He said the councillors had…
THE International Organisation for Migration Zimbabwe (IOM) has called on the government to strengthen the country’s migration policies, amid the country’s worsening economic crisis and vulnerability to natural disasters fuelling migration. This emerged during a capacity building workshop held recently in the capital to guarantee and contribute towards the urgent establishment of a governance matrix…
ONE person died while 16 were injured after a Checheche bound Inter Africa bus was involved in an accident in Goromonzi yesterday. The accident happened at 27km peg along Harare-Marondera road. “The incident happened at 0620am and 25 passengers were on board. The bus was trying to overtake then it veered off the road before…
THE Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is targeting to put more network base stations in marginalised areas as they want every corner of the country to have network. Speaking on behalf of Potraz director-general Gift Machengete, the regulator’s head of consumer affairs and publicity George Manyaya told Parliament’s information communication technology committee…
SUGAR producer, Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL) Zimbabwe, has offered its Triangle workers voluntary termination of work packages as part of a process to “invigorating its human capital capabilities” as it “redefines its future on the back of tough trading conditions”. In an offer to the workers seen by the Daily News on Sunday, the company…
THE government’s decision to repeal the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act in a bid to woo foreign direct investment into the mining sector has rendered community share ownership schemes across the country dysfunctional, Parliament has heard. Industry permanent secretary Mavis Sibanda told a joint sitting of the Senate’s thematic and parliamentary portfolio committees on industry…
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the government and civil society organisations have launched an online platform to bridge the gap between people and governments on ambitious climate action. This comes as the world, including Zimbabwe, is currently reeling from the effects of climate change, causing recurring droughts, flash floods and devastating…
