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BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has implored the Treasury department to timeously disburse finance as service providers are demanding advance payment. In an annual report that was tabled in Parliament last week, the demand for advance payment by service providers resulted in delayed procurement of electoral material and deployment of materials.  “The…

Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced the country’s new structured currency, as authorities bid to end sustainably the exchange rate and prices crisis of the past few months. Called the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), the currency will be launched on Monday at an introductory rate of 13,56 to one American dollar,…

CIVIL servants stationed in rural areas are set to also benefit from the government’s national housing scheme. The houses will be built for them close to their workplaces, National Housing minister Daniel Garwe has said. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, Garwe said the move was in line with the government’s quest to make sure…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF says it will deploy 1 000 foot soldiers to conduct door-to-door campaigns as it seeks to win two constituencies in Harare Metropolitan Province. The April 27 by-elections were occasioned by the resignation of Citizens Coalition for Change Mt Pleasant MP Fadzayi Mahere and his Harare East counterpart Rusty Markham…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has cholera under control notwithstanding its water challenges. This comes as the local authority is currently monitoring four suspected cases of cholera patients to ensure that the water borne disease is kept at bay. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, BCC Health director Edwin Sibanda said the situation…

THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, has rebuked legislators who take naps and dress inappropriately while in Parliament. This comes as lawmakers have recently been under the spotlight for coming late and dozing off in the august House while parliamentary business is under way. Mudenda said on Wednesday that sleeping and dressing inappropriately…

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)’s water challenges are set to worsen with its supply dams level continuing to drop amid high temperatures fuelled by the ravaging El Nino-induced drought. This comes after it emerged yesterday that the water levels had dropped to almost 40 percent with months to go before the next rainy season. “The combined…

Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they will thoroughly inspect and monitor food aid donated by international relief organisations to curb the coming in of genetically modified maize for human consumption. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday declared the current drought a national disaster, while also appealing for at least US$2 billion in…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed that the local Fire and Ambulance Department has not acquired a single ambulance in the past 15 years. This is according to the BCC chamber secretary, Sikhangele Zhou, who said the local authority was relying on donated ambulances and fire brigade trucks for the critical department. Zhou was…