© ILLEGAL settlements in Harare are now the cause of many burst sewer pipes due to illegal connections, Environmental management committee (EMC) minutes have revealed. [GoogleAd] Burst sewer pipes across Harare have been a cause for concern for residents as most typhoid and cholera cases have emanated from them. “The committee enquired on how best…
© THERE have been mixed feelings over the appointment of (Rtd major) Utoile Silaigwana as the new Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) Chief Elections Officer (CEO). [GoogleAd] The appointment fills the vacancy left after the departure of former CEO, Chigwamba in March 2018. Silaigwana had been acting as interim CEO since then. Analysts who spoke to…
© ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company’s (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, says it has so far received 2 500 prepaid smart meters of the projected 40 000 for commercial customers. [GoogleAd] The power utility is on a drive to place all commercial customers on the prepaid grid. Over 90 percent of domestic customers…
© AID agencies are reviewing their assistance modalities to needy communities due to the ban of the United States dollar for trade. [GoogleAd] World Food Programme (WFP) country director Eddie Rowe told the Daily News on Sunday that assistance which was supposed to have gone to the needy has been delayed while they work out…
© GOKWE-NEMBUDZIYA Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena on Friday took the stand and testified in a matter in which a Nissan Navara he gifted his campaign manager Matthew Mtimbiri was sold without the latter’s knowledge. [GoogleAd] Kudakwashe Taruberekera, who is facing a fraud charge, allegedly changed the car’s ownership at Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)…
© CHIPINGE Town Council (CTC) is set to enlist the services of a traditional healer who will reside and offer services at the local authority’s cultural village currently under construction. All this is in a bid to boost tourism arrivals in the town. [GoogleAd] Thousands of people flock to Chipinge from across the country and…
© HARARE City Council (HCC) has proposed to review upwards burial fees by 62 percent following the opening up of new burial spaces. [GoogleAd] This comes as Harare has established more than 6 000 additional burial spaces at it formerly closed cemeteries. The move to increase the tariff on graves comes as more people had…
© BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has extended the city-wide water rationing programme which was meant to end yesterday (Saturday) citing unforeseen setbacks at the Bulawayo Water and Sewage Services Improvement Project (BWSSIP). [GoogleAd] This comes as some areas in the city have been without water since last week even before the council announced a 96-hour…
© Organisers of the Daily News Business Breakfast Forum on the new currency set for Cresta Lodge in Harare tomorrow are overwhelmed with joy because of the high level of interest shown by various stakeholders. [GoogleAd] Francis Mushaninga, head of the organising committee, revealed yesterday that the forum was heading towards an oversubscription and urged…
© WITH many major retailers around the country slowly beginning to reduce their prices, long-suffering Zimbabweans are keeping their fingers crossed and praying that this welcome relief will continue going into the future, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] The drop in some prices of basic goods comes after the government recently re-introduced the Zimbabwe…
