THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will not participate in the upcoming by-elections, as it is focusing its efforts on stabilising the party and the institution of key electoral reforms in the country. In that regard, the party confirmed yesterday that one of its vice presidents and former Harare East MP, Tendai Biti, would not…
AUTHORITIES have given the green light to companies and individuals with free funds to import grain without paying duty, as the country moves to avert hunger. This was confirmed by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday, after he signed a US$17,4 million grant from Japan in Harare for the further improvement of the country’s road infrastructure….
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for meaningful dialogue between the government and the business sector to deal with the current economic challenges in the country. Speaking at the second edition of the ED Mnangagwa Business Summit 2024 in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said there was a need for both the public and private…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has announced that the two council by-elections set for today in Harare and Chinhoyi will cost US$70 000. The two by-elections are being held following the recall of former Harare mayor and ward 36 councillor Lovejoy Chitengu, while the ward 4 Chinhoyi municipality vacancy occurred as a result of the…
CONSTRUCTION of a major road in Makuti, Mashonaland West Province, that links most Sadc countries yesterday got a boost of US$17,4 million from Japan. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, after signing of the grant for phase 2 road improvement of north-south corridor between Makuti and Hell’s Gate in Mana Pools, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube,…
THERE are growing fears that the leadership crisis ravaging the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is now badly affecting its ability to fight graft in the country. This comes as the commission has gone for months without holding a board meeting, in addition to operating without a substantive boss after President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed its former…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynew.co.zw ZESA has reintroduced brutal load-shedding schedules after it was forced to cut its power generation at the key Kariba plant. This comes after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) — which manages Kariba Dam — ordered Zesa and its Zambia counterpart not to generate more than 214 megawatts (MW) this month, as…
THE government says the distribution of food aid across the country is going to be apolitical as Zimbabwe grapples with the effects of the El-Nino-induced drought. Responding to questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Social Welfare deputy minister, Mercy Dinha, said authorities were registering every person in need of food aid across the country….
JAILED former Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe has approached the Supreme Court appealing against both his conviction and sentence. He and his accomplices, Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzaishe Mutsvene and Joseph Taderera, are currently serving a three year prison term after they were found guilty of contravening section 174 (1) (e) of the Customs and Excise Act…
CITIZEN Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Tendai Biti, who was recently convicted of assault, has filed an appeal at the High Court. Biti was convicted of assault last month and sentenced to pay a fine of US$300. Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro found the former Finance minister guilty of verbally assaulting Russian national Tatiana Aleshina…
