Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw The 9th edition of the Africa Green Waste & Energy expo and conference is set to start today and will run until Friday at the Harare exhibition park. The theme for this year’s expo is ‘A zero carbon, climate resilient future; setting the stage for transformation.’ The Africa Green Waste &…
THE government recently banned the carrying out of by-elections to replace MPs and councillors recalled in the fight over control of the MDC between interim president Thokozani Khupe and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. The ban, citing the coronavirus lockdown and the danger of spread of the pandemic, has drawn huge criticism locally and abroad;…
ZIMBABWE joined the rest of the world yesterday in celebrating the United Nation’s (UN) 75th anniversary, with the UN resident coordinator Maria Ribeiro calling for joint efforts to eradicate hunger, poverty and gender inequalities among other things. Speaking during the celebrations held online, owing to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Ribeiro said in Zimbabwe the UN…
THE 2021 National Budget must provide a clear government position on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), including steps that the government will undertake to implement EITI or its local version, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has said. The EITI was launched in 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South…
By Dakarai Mashava MIMOSA Mining Company is determined to improve the human conditions and quality of life of people living in communities they operate in, the company’s managing director Fungai Makoni has said. Makoni’s remarks follow the recent commissioning by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of a 20-bed state-of-the-art private ward at Zvishavane District Hospital and a…
ZANU PF stalwart and exsecretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, says very senior party officials are behind the dog-eat dog mayhem ravaging the former liberation movement ahead of its divisive district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Mutasa said his knowledge of, and experience in Zanu…
THE Sadc region has once again called for the immediate lifting of Western sanctions on Zimbabwe on account of their adverse effects on ordinary citizens, the Daily News reports. This comes as the United States of America, the United kingdom and the European Union maintain that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has not done enough to…
CRIMINAL Investigation Department boss Crispen Charumbira was yesterday slapped with fresh criminal abuse of office charges relating to an incident that he ordered constables to release a suspect that had been held for illegal gold dealing. Charumbira appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro and was released on $10 000 bail with conditions to continue…
THE United States of America (US), the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) remain adamant that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has not done enough to have sanctions imposed on the country in 2001 lifted, the Daily News reports. This comes as Sadc nations commemorate the AntiSanctions Day today under the theme “Resilience, Progress and…
A BID to secure freedom through the High Court by police officer Tapiwa Mangoma, 27, who harboured Zimbabwe’s most wanted seven-member terror gang at his residence in Beitbridge supplying them with ammunition, has been thrown out. Mangoma is jointly charged with Musa Taj Abdul, 46, Liberty Mupamhanga, 29, Prince Makodza, 31, Godfrey Mupamhanga, 27, Charles…
