ZANU PF secretary for youth, Tino Machakaire, says it is crucial that party members show unflinching loyalty to their leadership. Addressing an inter-district meeting of the youth league in Rusape at the weekend, Machakaire also reminded his colleagues that such loyalty could never be seasonal. The Youth minister said this as he talked about his…
THE government has implored tertiary institutions to fully utilise its innovation hubs and develop technologies that propel industrialisation. Speaking at a stakeholders’ event in Bulawayo at the weekend, the director of tertiary education programmes in the Higher Education ministry, Douglas Damba, said the government had established innovation hubs at various universities across the country to…
SOUTH Africa’s leading party in the government of national unity, the African National Congress (ANC), has thrown its weight behind Zimbabwe, arguing there is no need to shift the Sadc Summit from Harare amid allegations of increased human rights violations. The summit, slated for mid this month, would see 16 Sadc heads of government and…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A POWER cut at the Harare Magistrates Court on Friday disrupted businessman Mike Chimombe’s bail ruling, which was later moved to today. Chimombe is challenging his placement on remand on allegations of submitting forged documents in a US$9 million Harare street light rehabilitation tender earlier this year. The tender is on behalf…
IT HAS emerged that some members of Zanu PF’s parliamentary caucus are currently pondering giving effect to the growing calls within the ruling party for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to continue in office beyond 2028. These legislators told the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend that part of their plan was to use Zanu PF’s…
BY SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRIStaff Writer THE government will investigate claims of sub-standard maternal healthcare at two of the county’s largest referral hospitals. This follows serious allegations of poor service at Harare’s Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, as well as Parirenyatwa’s maternity wing, Mbuya Nehanda, also in the capital. The allegations include claims that some expectant mothers are…
BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer PLANS are underway by authorities for the construction of a new coal-fired energy plant at Hwange Thermal Power Station to deal with the current outages. This comes as the country is targeting to generate 5 000 megawatts (MW) of electricity by next year, with the country aiming for energy self-sufficiency and…
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) will now hold its elective congress soon after the Sadc Summit later this month despite having finalised preparations, a top official has said. This comes as the last congress was held in 2013 in Masvingo where Christopher Mutsvangwa was elected as the substantive chairperson. The elective congress…
THE United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has expressed concern over acute malnutrition levels in Zimbabwe attributing the rise to the effects of the current drought. Unicef also estimated that due to the El Nino-induced drought, an estimated 580 000 children in the country are already living under severe poverty conditions. Malnutrition is related to…
By Brandon Josphat josphabt@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are poised to make new policy interventions to calm the rising prices of some basic goods in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), Innocent Matshe, confirmed that they would soon introduce more measures — as they were determined…
