© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has pleaded for more patience and grit among long-suffering Zimbabweans, as poor and working classes continue to reel from the government’s austerity measures meant to turn around the country’s sickly economy, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is cranking up the heat on…
© ENVIRONMENTALISTS have appealed to government to introduce policies that will address the issue of solid waste pollution in the country. [GoogleAd] Association of Zimbabwe Recyclers chairperson Edwell Ngwenya said to effectively deal with solid waste, high levels of recycling have to be achieved. According to Ngwenya, impressive rates of recycling range from 85 to…
© HARARE City Council is owed more than $925 million by debtors, the city’s town clerk Hosiah Chisango has revealed. Chisango said this during the mid-term review of a 100-day plan which focused on revenue generation and cost containment, initiated by mayor Herbert Gomba in Harare last week. [GoogleAd] He said council is owed $336…
© THE country’s local authorities can only succeed in delivering quality service to the people if there is harmonious co-existence between the opposition MDC-led local governments and the central government, an opposition official has said. [GoogleAd] Since the formation of the MDC in 1999, the labour backed party has been in control of most of…
© GOVERNMENT has only managed to work on 40 percent of the infrastructure resuscitation projects that it aims to complete in 2019; a move which the Zimbabwe Aids Network (Zan) said shows lack of commitment. [GoogeAd] Finance minister Mthuli Ncube recently gave an update on the progress that the Health ministry has made towards its…
© STARTING end of this month the minimum pay as you earn (Paye) threshold is Z$700 and US$70 for those earning in Zimbabwean dollars (Zimdollar) and United States dollars (USD) respectively, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes after government on Friday gazetted a new Finance Amendment Bill which will give effect to the…
© ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) commissioner-general Paradzai Zimondi has weighed in on rubbishing claims that under-fire former Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira is getting preferential treatment in and out of remand prison, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] His response comes after it was alleged that Mupfumira who is currently in remand prison awaiting…
© MDC national spokesperson Daniel Molokele has rubbished government claims that the opposition movement has hired street kids, Arab and Sudan master planners to spearhead demonstrations set for Friday. [GoogleAd] In a statement released by Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema ahead of this week’s planned demonstrations by the Nelson Chamisa-led party, Mathema said some foreigners…
© BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed concern at the rate at which water levels at its supply dams are dropping. [GoogleAd] This comes a few weeks after the city fathers temporarily suspended the 48-hour water cuts regime as part of giving relief to residents who had recently endured prolonged periods without the precious liquid….
© GOVERNMENT last week gazetted the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill (ZMC Bill) which media watchdogs believe equally retains the contentious sections of Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa) which criminalise expression and the industry of journalism through leaving wide and discretionary powers to the commission to come up with regulations that achieve…
