Blessings Mashaya and Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERS BOTH consumers and business have welcomed the latest measures by authorities to stabilise the economy, but fear that these efforts will come to nought in the face of the country’s relentless power cuts and soaring prices of fuel. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the governor of the…
Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it has addressed all concerns that were raised about its draft delimitation report by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Parliament. Addressing the media yesterday, after handing over the final Zec delimitation report to Mnangagwa at State House in Harare, the chairperson of the elections management body, Priscilla Chigumba,…
By Brandon Josphat THE High Court has ruled that the suspension of seven MDC members by party leader Douglas Mwonzora is void. The judgment was ruled by High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi after the seven applicants filed an urgent application on Wednesday to challenge the suspension. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Takudzwa Mudzuri…
A TOTAL of 4 961 Ordinary Level candidates who sat for the November 2022 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) examinations had their results nullified. This comes as Zimsec announced yesterday that the ‘O’ Level results showed a 28.96 percent pass rate.Announcing the results in Harare, Zimsec chairperson Eddie Mwenje said the examinations board still has…
A MUZARABANI woman who was arrested last year for allegedly stabbing her husband to death has been acquitted in the High Court. Lackia Chirwa, 23, was found not guilty by Justice Esther Muremba, who ruled that she killed her husband, Promise Mukombe, in self-defence. “The deceased was stabbed with the knife by the accused (Chirwa)…
Brandon Josphatjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is ramping up its efforts to combat inflation and keep the prices of basic goods in the country relatively stable. In his first monetary policy statement (MPS) of the year yesterday, RBZ governor John Mangudya also said the central bank had reduced interest rates from 200 percent…
Ketty Nyoninyonik@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 82 000 children received mental health and psycho-social support in the country last year, while 57 000 others were helped to access gender-based violence risk mitigation interventions. In a recent report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) also said it had trained thousands of teachers around the country on the prevention…
Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE government has introduced the construction of mini hydropower stations in an effort to encourage irrigation sustainability so that irrigation is not dependent on electricity from the main grid.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the chief director of irrigation development in the Agriculture ministry Tainayeshe Mutazu, said they were coming up with climate-proof…
By Brandon Josphat AN MDC faction led by former vice president Elias Mudzuri is pushing to oust Douglas Mwonzora from his position as the party president, claiming his “dictatorial practices” are against the party’s ethos. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Mudzuri blamed the current MDC president for not following the party constitution in…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Tobacco Research Board (TRB) has recommended increasing the percentage of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from 0.3 percent to one percent in industrial hemp in order to provide farmers with more options when selecting genetics to produce and enable the development of a wider range of markets. According to TRB, a higher concentration of…
