By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE says it is intensifying its efforts to implement a Sadc model law on ending child marriages and protecting children already in marriage. The Sadc model law promotes basic rights of a girl child and ensures protection for children who are already in marriage. Speaking during a Sadc end child marriage…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT ZESA is escalating its efforts to recover more than US$250 million owed to it by its customers. This has seen the under pressure power utility embarking on a fresh disconnection blitz targeting all its clients in default — who include miners, farmers, local authorities and ordinary consumers. Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE magistrate Ruth Moyo yesterday denied three human rights activists bail noting that they will interfere with witnesses if released. Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza and Samuel Gwenzi are being charged with disorderly conduct with the State alleging that they held protests at Harare Magistrates’ Courts against the continued detention of Citizens…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES will intensify their crackdown on errant traders and individuals who manipulate or refuse to accept the ZiG, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ncube also revealed that more than 500 entities and people had been penalised over the past four months for engaging in…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they expect to install e-systems at all ports of entry and exit by the end of the year as a way of reducing human interaction and corruption. This comes as the government is working towards introducing computerised and online border management systems at all entry points to improve efficiency…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Sadc must transform its education system to produce entrepreneurs and innovators if it is to meet its industrial agenda. Speaking during a Sadc Summit public lecture at the University of Zimbabwe on building research capacity and innovation ecosystems for a sustainable industrialised regional economy, Mnangagwa said the…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi HEALTH experts want the government to be proactive and start mobilising resources, just in case the country is hit by an outbreak of Mpox. This comes after the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the highly infectious affliction — formerly known as Monkeypox — a…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has announced plans to install solar-powered streetlights throughout the city in response to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC)’s move of migrating tower lights from a post-paid metering system to a prepaid model. This comes as Bulawayo residents have since early this year endured inadequate street lighting following the…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THERE needs to be wider national participation in the raging debate within Zanu PF on whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa should remain in office beyond 2028, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said. At the same time, forthright Zanu PF spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, says there is “absolutely no need” to…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO AUTHORITIES are intensifying their efforts to attract more visitors and foreign investment to the country’s tourism sector. In this regard, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is planning to decentralise the marketing of the domestic travel and tourism industry, while also lobbying for flights to smaller towns. This was revealed by…
