THE country’s fastest growing integrated media group, Jester Media Services (JMS), is ramping up both the range and quality of its product…
HEALTH experts have urged authorities to strengthen the country’s health infrastructure in order to curb the spread of cholera. This comes as the resort town of Kariba was hit by a cholera outbreak last week, recording five cases and one death in the Gatshe Gatshe area. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, president of the…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has been forced to double the number of its security guards after a bid to replace human security with modern technology hit a brick wall. According to recent council meeting minutes, the local authority had reduced its security guards manning council facilities such as schools, offices, halls and clinics, among…
Brandon Josphat andBrighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERS DIPLOMATS, business leaders and economic experts are growing increasingly anxious over the worsening political crisis in neighbouring Mozambique. This comes amid fears that if the unrest is not resolved quickly, it will negatively impact key supply chains and trade relations between the two countries — piling more pressure on Zimbabwe’s…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw A ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) member stationed at Inkomo Barracks in Nyabira, yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing five counts of armed robbery.Tafadzwa Chakuteta is jointly charged with Sarezi Shonhiwa and Willye Chirau.The trio appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who advised them to apply for bail at the High Court…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POWER utility, Zesa, has confirmed that Hwange Thermal Power Station is down, resulting in reduced power supplies in the country.This comes as the country as of yesterday generated 1 048 megawatts (MW) against an average daily demand of 1 700MW, resulting in rolling power cuts across Zimbabwe.“Zesa would like to advise…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) has proposed a US$548,195 million budget for next year which they say will focus on improving the local authority’s service delivery.Delivering the city’s 2025 budget in Harare yesterday, the council’s finance and development committee chairperson Costa Mande said the budget would, among other things, prioritise improved…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw DEPUTY minister of Agriculture Davis Marapira has encouraged farmers to wait until the end of the year to start deworming their animals to give them time to recover from the effects of drought.Zimbabwe has been experiencing drought since last year due to El Nino, which has, among other things, left 10 000…
Brandon Josphat and Jeffrey Muvundusi STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES remain fully committed to de-dollarisation and a managed process towards making the ZiG the sole currency for routine transactions in the country. Responding to demands by Members of Parliament during a pre-budget retreat in Bulawayo this past weekend, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, said this was…
Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s national security is being compromised by growing social media abuse and disinformation by some Zimbabweans. So said many speakers who participated in yesterday’s media day roundtable in Harare, which was organised by the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS) at the Zimbabwe National Defence University. Among the prominent speakers…
