© GWERU City Council has embarked on a stringent water-rationing schedule, which will see some parts of the city going for days without water. [GoogleAd] The tight water-rationing schedule comes after the city fathers revealed that water levels at the city’s main supplier — Gwenoro Dam — have dropped to 26 percent which translates to…
© THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) will this week carry out an inquiry on access to documentation in Matabeleland North Province. [GoogleAd] In a notice yesterday, ZHRC said they will have meetings in Hwange and at Lupane State University. “The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission announces the commencement of the public hearings on the national…
© THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has completed major rehabilitation works at the Criterion Water Treatment Plant. In a statement, town clerk Christopher Dube advised residents that the city has finalised major aspects of the rehabilitation of the plant. [GoogleAd] The programme, funded under the Bulawayo Water and Sewage Services Improvement Project, with support from…
© BULAWAYO’s deputy’s mayor Tinashe Kambarami and Ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora appeared in court yesterday on allegations of assaulting town clerk Christopher Dube. [GoogleAd] Kambarami and Chigora allegedly assaulted Dube on Thursday after he refused to vacate his office, where the duo had gone to serve him with a suspension letter. Kambarami and Chigora,…
© THE short-lived suspension of town clerk Christopher Dube seems to point towards covert power struggles within the municipality, which have dismayed stakeholders. [GoogleAd] On Thursday, deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, who is the acting mayor, suspended Dube over a number of allegations including abuse of office. The next day, mayor, Solomon Mguni, who is on…
© MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who is facing charges of seeking to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has filed a High Court application for bail, his lawyers have confirmed. Jeremiah Bamu, who is part of the legal team representing Sikhala, told the Daily News yesterday that an application was filed on Thursday and the…
© IN A sign that Zimbabwe remains deeply polarised, Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister, Sibusiso Moyo, was yesterday attacked by angry opposition protesters in London — where he had gone to advance the government’s stuttering re-engagement efforts, the Daily News can report. The attack on Moyo and his delegation came as both rights groups…
ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (Zesn) deployed observers for the Nyanga Rural District Council (RDC) Ward 26 and the Bikita RDC Ward 31 by-elections to be held today. The Nyanga RDC Ward 26 was necessitated by the death of MDC Alliance councillor, Elias Mashumba, while the Bikita RDC Ward 31 seat fell vacant following the death…
© ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says fuel prices have not yet gone up, adding that they use official channels to communicate such developments. This comes amid speculation that the prices of the precious liquid had gone up following Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s remarks early this week where he hinted that fuel prices will adjust upwards…
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) says fuel prices have not yet gone up, adding that they use official channels to communicate such developments. This comes amid speculation that the prices of the precious liquid had gone up following Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s remarks early this week where he hinted that fuel prices will adjust upwards…
