Glen View 8 home industry complex in Harare was, this Tuesday, gutted by yet another fire whose cause is still unknown. The fires, which have now become a yearly occurrence, destroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of furniture and equipment. [GoogleAd] There have been 13 fires that have so far broken out at the complex over the…
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko is now planning to approach the courts to force the government to release his terminal benefits. [GoogleAd] This comes one-and-a-half years after his inglorious exit from the government, which was triggered by a stunning military coup in November 2017 — which also ended former president Robert Mugabe’s lengthy and ruinous rule….
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has set the cat among the pigeons in his party, after he recently suggested that one of the MDC’s three posts of vice president should be reserved for a woman, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This has agitated some of his ambitious lieutenants who intend to go for the posts when…
Harare’s Warren Park residents were treated to a Health and Wellness Day at an event held at Magamba Hall that drew partners from the government, health departments and various non-governmental organisations. Talia Women’s Network director Saliwe Zakariya said this had become routine for the organisation to bring International Women’s Day celebrations to Warren Park where they…
Proceedings in ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira’s graft case have been stayed by the High Court. This was after Mandiwanzira lodged an appeal for review of a ruling in which his application for exception was thrown out by Harare regional magistrate Elijah Makomo. [GoogleAd] High Court judge Esther Muremba granted the stay of proceedings in the lower…
Musha Mukadzi Housing Cooperative has dismissed suggestions that it might not have paid for the land on which it developed and sold 187 stands in Hobhouse high density suburb. Given Muchinguri, an official, told the Daily News that they had settled the full $176 000 early last year before the Forensic Investigation Audit into the local authority’s…
Parliament yesterday humiliated the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) executives by turning them away after coming “ill-prepared” for its meeting with the portfolio committee on Agriculture amid corruption allegations. The Justice Mayor Wadyajena-chaired committee had asked the Tobacco Association of Zimbabwe (Taz) and Boka Tobacco Auction Floors to give evidence on their preparedness for the…
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) held a post-2018 harmonised election conference on March 7 and 8, 2019 in Bulawayo whose overall objective was to review the conduct of the 2018 harmonised elections. The focus was on the legislative and administrative framework, the political environment, role of observers, electoral reform process, and recommendations by election observer missions…
Bulawayo residents say they are at grave risk of contracting deadly diseases such as cholera and typhoid, unless the government urgently bails out their city council to replace its decrepit sewer and water infrastructure. This comes as virtually all local authorities in the country are grappling with similarly antiquated sewer and water reticulation equipment, which requires…
The city council here is struggling to replace about 18 000 outdated water meters after the foreign contractor it engaged is yet to fully grasp some of the demands of the project, in a move that is set to delay the whole process. The delay is going to further cost the cash-strapped council which has been…
