By Rutendo Ngara THE ruling Zanu PF has exhorted all its structures to behave themselves, saying it wants to win this year’s national elections cleanly and even more decisively than it did in 2018. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a Zanu PF provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting in Masvingo at the…
A STATE witness in the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change official Job Sikhala has testified that the Zengeza West MP was plotting to start a civil war in the country in 2020. Sikhala is currently on trial for allegedly using video and audio clips that were uploaded on social media platforms to incite public…
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has appealed to visiting Belarus businesspeople to ramp up their investments in the country, which would create more jobs for locals. Addressing the Belarus-Zimbabwe Business Forum in Harare yesterday, Chiwenga also said the inaugural visit to the country by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spoke to Minsk’s commitment to strengthening relations between…
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says shortage of funds is making it difficult for the struggling State-owned company to turn around its fortunes. Presenting oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport in Harare yesterday, NRZ general manager Respina Zinyanduko said the lack of recapitalisation for both equipment and infrastructure had affected the…
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) yesterday urged teachers and pupils to take Covid-19 precautions seriously, amid indications of a resurgence of the…
IN A major boost to the recent draft delimitation report by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has given the nod to the work done by the elections management body, which resulted in the much-debated document. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, ZimStat spokesperson Mercy Chidemo said Zec…
THE country’s fastest-growing, first independent television station and most watched channel on satellite, 3Ktv, continues to shine. This comes after the station…
MUTARE City Council says its $45 billion budget for this year has been approved by the ministry of Local Government in a development expected to enhance its quest to deliver quality service to residents. This comes after the authority purchased equipment for the construction of roads and road rehabilitation worth close to US$1 million. Speaking…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, has warned his party against imposing candidates to contest in parliamentary and local authority elections, saying this will cost them this year’s general elections. This comes as chaos rocks the newly-formed opposition outfit after it fielded double candidates to contest in the council by-elections held in March…
By Rutendo Ngara THIS year’s tobacco marketing season is nearing opening as a high number of farmers are ready to deliver the golden leaf to the auction floors, the Tobacco Marketing Industry Board (TIMB) has confirmed. Speaking to the Daily News recently, TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said they have consulted tobacco industry stakeholders and agreed…
