© THE solution to preventing future cholera outbreaks in Harare lies in commissioning a new dam as the capital’s primary water source is too polluted for human consumption, an official has said. [GoogleAd] This came out during a National Action Committee (Nac) for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) workshop on the development of a National…
© IN His bid to warn the MDC against its impending protests, outspoken Zanu PF youth league political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has unwittingly suggested that the massive November 2017 marches by Zimbabweans against former president Robert Mugabe represented a futile exercise. [GoogleAd] This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure government have been…
© IT HAS emerged that opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has approached Namibian President Hage Geingob and former Botswana leader Ian Khama in a bid to try and broker much-needed talks between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] However, but without closing the door to such regional mediation, Mnangagwa said yesterday…
© FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has exempted 13 blue-chip companies from paying duty in foreign currency when importing certain resource products and semi-manufactured goods for production such as fruits and fruit produce, vegetable, groundnuts, wines, cheese, leather accessories, among others. [GoogleAd] This was revealed in Statutory Instrument (SI) 170 of 2019 published in the government…
© LEGISLATORS spent a furious and staggering 14 hours in Parliament on Thursday, debating the country’s proposed new law on public gatherings. [GoogleAd] Many of the Members of Parliament were demanding that the proposed legislation be tweaked to reflect a break from the past, where former president Robert Mugabe’s administration used draconian laws to muzzle free…
© ANALYSTS say it’s clear that grumpy ousted former President Robert Mugabe — despite suffering from the ravages of old age and ill health — has no desire to either forget or forgive his former lieutenants in Zanu PF who played prominent roles in his stunning fall from power in 2017. [GoogleAd] This comes after…
© THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has declared that its members will be convening at offices of the Finance ministry on every pay day to “mourn” the death of their salaries. [GoogleAd] This comes as prices of goods and services continue soaring, rendering useless the $400 once-off cushioning allowance that civil servants…
© ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has raised concerns over the excessive domestic use of electricity saying energy needs to be channeled more towards the productive sector which can earn the country foreign currency for development. [GoogleAd] This comes after the country has been facing severe power outages for the past eight weeks attributed to…
© ZIMBABWE’s Foreign ministry, Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Immigration Department this week engaged in an exchange meeting with local Chinese communities at the Chinese Embassy in Harare to discuss social, economic and political matters in an effort to enhance cordial relations between China and Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said Zimbabwe…
© THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has rejected MDC’s application for the recount of Lupane East by-election results saying the main opposition party’s basis is absurd and frivolous. [GoogleAd] This comes after Zanu PF won the by-election with its candidate Mbongeni Dube garnering 6 369 votes while the MDC Alliance candidate Dalumuzi Khumalo got 4…
