By Rutendo Ngara THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is working hard to end the party’s ugly infighting and to regain the trust of ordinary Zimbabweans who are getting increasingly despondent with politics. So says the party’s new spokesperson, Nqobizitha Mlilo, who adds that the party is — in this regard — retracing its roots…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer UNIVERSITIES and colleges are now demanding part payment of fees in United States dollars as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to lose its value on the market. This comes as the hapless local unit is trading at $17 000 to the coveted US dollar on the black market, although it was…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed Omphile Marupi as deputy minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services and two other deputy ministers. Marupi became Zanu PF legislator for Gwanda South constituency in Matabeleland South Province after Mnangagwa and the party won last year’s general elections against Nelson Chamisa and his former…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer ZESA has flighted a tender to acquire essential equipment to rehabilitate its creaky power stations as it moves to ease the electricity crisis in the country. This comes as the power utility is targeting to increase its electricity generation capacity to 3 000 megawatts (mw) by the end of next…
By Rutendo Ngara MINISTER of Women’s Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa says women continue to bear the brunt of economic hardships as they endeavour to fend for their families. Speaking during a women entrepreneurship, trade and innovation conference in Harare yesterday, Mutsvanga said the government was in the process of reviewing a broad-based women empowerment framework to…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says everything is in place for today’s by-elections which will be held in six constituencies and several wards across the country. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed February 3, as the date for by-elections to fill six National Assembly vacancies following the recall of CCC…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they will soon embark on an operation to curb the abuse of alcohol, especially by children of school going age. This comes as the country is already on a national blitz to name and shame drug barons supplying drugs and other illegal substances across the country. Responding to a…
Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MDC has taken its opposition counterpart Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and its former leader Nelson Chamisa to court over alleged illegal occupation of its Bulawayo offices. This comes as the two parties are locked in a bitter battle for control of offices ever since Chamisa broke away from…
NOTORIOUS robber, Musa Taj Abdul, will languish in prison for close to four decades for a slew of violent robberies that he participated in. This comes after Abdul and his accomplices — Charles Lundu and Sean Andile Dhlamini — were jailed by Harare magistrate, Ignatio Mhene, yesterday to an effective 38 years each in jail…
AUTHORITIES will only disburse funds due to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) when the party’s factions resolve their differences, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has reiterated. This comes as the warring CCC factions are locked in a bitter fight for the right to receive scheduled government funding due to qualifying parties under the Political Parties…
