© ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi has warned service stations that are charging fuel in United States dollars saying the government will not hesitate to cancel their licences. [GoogleAd] This comes as government once again hiked the prices of fuel, with analysts predicting that this would lead to further increases in the cost of basic goods…
© BULAWAYO residents have continued to pile pressure on the council demanding that the councillors step down and pave way for a commission. [GoogleAd] The residents accuse the latest crop of councillors of being corrupt and ignorant to the service delivery issues. Last week, the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (Bupra) hosted a tension-filled gathering where…
© THE crisis engulfing the MDC-run Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is deepening, with angry residents now calling on the government to install a commission to run the affairs of Zimbabwe’s deeply-divided second city. [GoogleAd] This comes as the city’s councillors launched a fresh bid on Monday to suspend under siege town clerk Christopher Dube —…
© CHAKARI Constituency Member of Parliament Andrew Nkani yesterday successfully applied for the cancellation of a warrant of arrest that was issued against him after he absconded court on Monday. [GoogleAd] Nkani, who is representing Forward Housing Cooperative allegedly defrauded Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Housing Cooperative of $80 000, in a botched stand…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and his government are coming under growing pressure with each passing day, as the country’s deepening economic crisis continues to knock the stuffing out of long-suffering Zimbabweans, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as the prices of basic consumer goods continue to skyrocket, amid debilitating power blackouts and…
© Bread shortages have hit Zimbabwe, with wheat traders blaming a worsening foreign currency crisis for shortages of the staple that have left people queuing for hours outside bakeries. [GoogleAd] This comes as the country is importing tonnes of wheat to cover a deficit, following lower plantings of the cereal due to lack of…
© THE High Court has reserved ruling in an application in which MDC Warren Park MP Shakespeare Hamauswa is seeking the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act — which President Emmerson Mnangagwa invoked as legal basis to introduce the RTGS$ — to be declared unconstitutional. [GoogleAd] High Court judge Elfas Chitakunye yesterday said he needed time…
© Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairperson Michael Madanha yesterday denied to Parliament that $71 million was unaccounted for at the agency. [GoogleAd] This comes after an internal forensic audit, which was concluded in 2017, exposed massive financial abuse at the parastatals, including payment of $71 million and R31 million to contractors cherry-picked without…
© DEFIANT opposition MDC vice national chairperson Job Sikhala, who is facing charges of advocating for the overthrow of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called on Zimbabweans to invade the streets of Harare in anti-government demonstrations. [GoogleAd] Addressing party supporters in Harare South constituency’s high density suburb of Hopley last Sunday, Sikhala bemoaned the fact that…
© UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) has officially opened a five-day capacity building training workshop on accessing health information and conducting systematic reviews that will influence policy making in the country. [GoogleAd] Speaking at the official opening of the Capacity Building training workshop yesterday, UZ vice Chancellor Paul Mapfumo said the training is one of the…
