© THERE are mixed reactions over the establishment of the Harare Advisory Council with some praising it while others are sceptical and fearful that this could be the beginning of commissions in local authorities. [GoogleAd] The Harare Advisory Council comprising 19 personalities picked from various fields of expertise would be advising Harare Provincial Affairs minister…
© TOP Zanu PF officials are using the party’s name to indulge in corrupt activists, Zanu PF youth league secretary Pupurai Togarepi told the Daily News yesterday as he threatened to name and shame those who allegedly parcelled out land illegally in several urban centres around the country. [GoogleAd] Togarepi said they have a long…
© VETERAN economist John Robertson has urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to address a plethora of economic problems when the head of Treasury presents his mid-term fiscal review and supplementary budget statement on Wednesday. [GoogleAd] The respected economist said the Finance minister must look ahead in his presentation, placing particular emphasis on agriculture. “We have…
© VINCENT Tsvangirai, who won the right to represent the MDC in the Glen View South constituency by-elections, is confident of winning the by-election on September 7 and replace his late sister, Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java in the House of Assembly. [GoogleAd] Tsvangirai-Java died in May after being hospitalised for close to a month at a private…
© WATER levels in the Kariba Dam – the country’s only source of hydro-power – have gone down further in what could force power utility, Zesa Holdings, to tighten its load-shedding schedule. [GoogleAd] After the country was hit by a drought in the 2018/19 farming season, water levels in the man-made lake have been declining…
© GOVERNMENT will not hesitate to deploy the army to quash any demonstrations by the opposition, Zanu PF Political Commissar Victor Matemadanda has said. [GoogleAd] Speaking in Gweru on Saturday at a meeting where President Emmerson Mnangagwa was supposed to meet Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans and collaborators (Ziliwaco) members, Matemadanda said those who want to…
© MEDICAL aid societies have increased payments for healthcare services as the newly-introduced Zimbabwe dollar continues to weaken against the United States dollar on the official interbank rate. [GoogleAd] In a recent statement announcing the price increase, Cimas Medical Aid Society said the weakening currency is increasing the cost of medical services as most of…
© ZIMBABWEANS should not quickly celebrate the recent arrest of Environment and Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira as illustrative of the new government’s determination to tackle corruption in high-places, analysts contend. [GoogleAd] Their worst fear is that the arrest could turn out to be a result of factional wars emerging in the ruling Zanu PF party….
© A HARARE magistrate denied Environment and Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira bail yesterday, as he remanded her in custody for 21 days. [GoogleAd] Acting chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi ruled in favour of the State, which had applied for refusal of bail. Mupfumira is facing seven counts of criminal abuse of office involving US$95 million. At…
© ZIMBABWE is sitting on a time bomb, hence an urgent need by all stakeholders to come together and solve the water shortages that have hit most towns and cities. [GoogleAd] Resident pressure groups have already raised alarm warning that it is only a matter of time before cholera and typhoid outbreaks erupt. Most local…
