THERE is renewed hope that the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP) could finally take off after the government handed over the venture to the Matabeleland Collective (MC) and the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT) this week. The Matabeleland Collective is a grouping of civil society organisations from the southern region, while the Dumiso Dabengwa-led MZWT…
IN A positive development, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has dropped most of the demands that he had set as fundamental conditions for him to have direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Daily News can report. In addition, the charismatic MDC boss is once again pushing hard for urgent dialogue between him and the Zanu…
THE embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Zimbabwe recently held The Sichuan Food Festival in Harare. This is a famously celebrated food festival in China and around the world and originates from Sichuan, a south-western Chinese Province. [GoogleAd] It offers a uniquely celebrated Chinese cuisine that comprises dishes made with garlic, chilli peppers,…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has cancelled a deal with a contractor for failing to fulfil agreements signed in Memoranda of Agreement (MOA). The company, Chimcivil Engineering (Pvt) Ltd was supposed to have developed semi-detached garden flats and housing units. Chimcivil which signed an MOA with Harare council to begin the project in May 2015 was…
RUBBISH collection services have halted in many parts of the capital as half of Harare’s fleet has been grounded due to mechanical faults. Lisben Chipfunde, manager of environment and amenities, said half of the fleet is down. [GoogleAd] During a town hall meeting with residents yesterday, Chipfunde said most of their fleet was either being…
DIVISIONS are widening in MDC Masvingo province after the party disqualified Tongai Matutu from contesting against James Gumbi for the post of provincial chairperson. Matutu was disqualified because he has not been in the party for five years since he defected to former MDC secretary-general-led Tendai Biti’s People Democratic Party (PDP) before returning to the…
WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming from another planet could think this is how the place has been all along. The stone boulders, most of them unearthed by…
A HARARE man has approached the High Court seeking an order for the police to release his Isuzu Double Cab that was held as exhibit when he was charged with fraud in 2016. Andrew Machiha was later freed by the Harare magistrates’ court after further remand was refused and the State was advised to proceed…
THE Lands, Agriculture and Rural settlement minister Perrance Shiri has commended the Command Agriculture scheme saying it has improved input access and tillage services in the country. Command Agriculture is an import substitution-led industrialisation concept deliberately meant to empower local cereal crop producers and in the process boost capacity for locals and create employment for…
HARARE is running short of water treatment chemicals as their suppliers are refusing to release new orders due to non-payment. Harare Residents Trust (HRT) said as a result residents in Kuwadzana are the only ones still receiving municipal water while the rest of the city was running dry. Residents are so wary that Harare will…
