THE railway line linking Zimbabwe to the Port of Maputo is now fully open following the completion of extensive rehabilitation works after flood damage.The development is expected to ease bottlenecks and resume the smooth flow of goods between Zimbabwe and Mozambique after months of disruption.In a statement yesterday, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) confirmed…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will remove 6 284 deceased voters from the voters’ roll as part of a data-cleaning exercise aimed at improving the accuracy of the country’s electoral register.In a general notice published in the latest Government Gazette, Zec chief elections officer Simbarashe Tongayi said the move targets names believed to belong to…
AUTHORITIES must introduce harsher measures urgently to deal more decisively with barbaric machete-wielding gangs that are terrorising and holding hostage many communities around the country. So say outraged legislators who add that part of the tough measures that are needed to neutralise violent members of the marauding gangs that are running amok even outside mining…
RESIDENTS of the country’s second city are bracing for a dry weekend, as the metro fights to fix a major leak on a key water pipeline which has seriously affected services. City town clerk, Christopher Dube, said yesterday that engineers were working around the clock to restore normal water supplies. “The City of Bulawayo would…
THE government has called for a renewed focus on grassroots development, stressing that Zimbabwe’s long-term economic transformation depends on empowering communities from the bottom up.Speaking at a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) engagement workshop yesterday, the permanent secretary for Presidential Affairs in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Tafadzwa Muguti, said sustainable development could…
WORKERS have bemoaned the failure to address their plight amid mounting economic pressures, warning that deteriorating wages and the rising cost of living are steadily eroding livelihoods across the country.Speaking at the Workers’ Day commemorations held at Dzivaresekwa Stadium in Harare yesterday, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Muchaneta Taruvinga painted a grim picture…
A FORM 3 pupil at Chishawasha High School, Harare, was allegedly drugged and raped by a 34-year-old man, a former church acquaintance, who appeared in court this week.Sani Tinashe Mushakwe of Pomona, accused of raping the teenager, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.He was remanded in custody until May 14 pending the finalisation of…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR FREQUENT power cuts are adding to the current strain on hard-pressed Zimbabweans, while also continuing to hamper economic activity in the country, key stakeholders have bemoaned. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the stakeholders thus implored authorities yesterday to do more to mitigate the relentless…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A SUSPECTED organised criminal network has been targeting motorists in the Midlands capital, Gweru, stealing vehicles, predominantly the “Old Shape” Honda Fit, in a series of incidents recorded between March and April. In a significant breakthrough, the Midlands police recovered six of the stolen vehicles, with a combined value estimated at…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has set aside a decision by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to freeze a bank account linked to a gold-trading deal. This comes after Al Shams Global Ltd — a British Virgin Islands-registered company — took the RBZ to court challenging its decision to freeze a…
