THE government needs nearly 500 000 metric tonnes of grain to feed over six million rural dwellers who are food insecure up to March next year. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere while addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare yesterday. “The country’s food balance sheet to March 2025 indicates that 6.2 million…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have issued a stern warning to cattle rustling syndicates and business entities which are benefitting from such criminal activities saying their days are numbered. This comes as there is a scourge of stock theft across the country with the latest case being of 21 stolen cattle out of which nine skinned carcasses…
THE revelations that Harare City Council (HCC) spent US$11 million on workshops and conferences for councillors in just seven months are shocking and unacceptable. Appearing before Justice Maphios Cheda-chaired commission of inquiry into the affairs of HCC on Tuesday, the city’s town clerk, Hosiah Chisango, said councillors were in the habit of arm-twisting authorities to…
By Brandon Josphat josphabtl@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s opposition is stepping up its push for national dialogue, with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) formally approaching President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the issue this week. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the leader of the opposition in Parliament, Sengezo Tshabangu, confirmed that he had taken advantage of Monday’s courtesy call…
ZESA is now owed a staggering US$400 million by its customers — which is exacerbating the country’s energy crisis. Among those who owe the under pressure power utility these huge sums are government departments, local authorities, businesses, farmers and ordinary consumers. Addressing the media in Harare on Monday, Zesa managing director, Abel Gurupira, said this…
THE government says it has started working on ensuring over 20 000 home owners, especially in the oldest suburbs located in high density areas across the country, get title deeds to their properties. Speaking to the Daily News on the side-lines of an induction workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said people were being defrauded…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has convicted and fined 12 fuel service stations and cancelled one operating licence for selling contaminated fuel. Among the 12 operators sanctioned, one was closed and 11 were fined for the fuel quality offences committed during the first half of 2024. Busuman Motors Bulawayo, Pitstop Hatcliffe, Harare, AA Fuels…
Masimba Makwembere makwemeberem@dailynews.co.zw MOZAMBIQUE President Filipe Nyusi has called for improved trade relations between his country and Zimbabwe. Speaking at the official launch of the 114th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show in Harare yesterday, Nyusi said there was a need to produce wealth for the two countries’ citizens. “It is our intention to continue…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw NELSON Chamisa must not behave like President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s equal, and he should also follow the right channels if his quest for engagement with authorities are to go anywhere. So says forthright presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, who also reiterated to the Daily News yesterday that Chamisa was “not more important” than…
THE country’s power utility, Zesa, says it has come up with a cocktail of measures to address the continuations of load shedding in the country. This comes as ordinary people and businesses are reeling after Zesa ramped up its load-shedding schedules following a major fault at the key Hwange Power Plant late last week. The…
