By Ketty Nyoni THE mining sector has this year contributed over US$7 billion to the economy as the country chases its US$12 target for the industry by next year, the government has confirmed. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a press briefing held in Harare yesterday, minister of Mines Winston Chitando said…
Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are pushing for even tougher laws to be deployed against criminals who use dangerous weapons that include guns, machetes and knives. Speaking last night on independent national television channel 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi, said this was so because law enforcement agents were very worried about…
Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw TO FIND long-term answers to the energy crises currently plaguing Zimbabwe, the country needs to turn inward, according to former Energy minister Fortune Chasi. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chasi emphasized that the nation needs, among other things, to encourage the use of renewable energy sources and allow the importation of home…
Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw CONSUMERS have called on Zesa to come up with a clear loadshedding schedule to enable them to plan accordingly in the wake of the current power outages in the country that have seen many people lose their valuables, including electric gadgets. Speaking to the Daily News in an interview yesterday, Consumer Council of…
Nyasha Dubeduben@dailynews.co.zw AN OFFICIAL from the ministry of Housing and Social Amenities, Owen Nhoro, has been implicated in a shady deal that involved the sale of a stand in Whitecliff. This comes after a Harare man Simbarashe Kambamura, approached the High Court to challenge a magistrate’s decision to dismiss his application for an eviction order…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says almost two million hectares of land was destroyed by veld fires across the country this year, which represents an increase of 60 percent in comparison to last year. In a statement yesterday, Ema spokesperson, Amkela Sidange attributed the increase to climate change and called for concerted efforts to mitigate…
Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured,’s appointment of officials into the Zanu PF politburo whose political careers had appeared doomed spells bad news for the ruling party’s rivals ahead of next year’s elections. This is the view of political analysts who also told the Daily News yesterday that the move would forestall another Zanu PF…
Ketty Nyoninyonikl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has set the producer prices for the 2022/2023 farming season in US dollars, with maize set at US$335 per metric tonne (MT). Addressing journalists at a joint press briefing, the minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, and his Finance counterpart, Mthuli Ncube, said the marketing and pricing system proposed is consistent with…
Regis Chingawochingawor@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN’s rights organisations say although the proposed new law that will impose a 15- year mandatory sentence on rapists is a step in the right direction, this is not deterrent enough. In this regard, they are urging authorities to consider imposing a minimum 20-year sentence on convicted criminals, arguing that if the sanction…
Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) says it has put in place measures to address water challenges currently being faced by residents after getting funding from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Speaking in Harare during his end-of-year message yesterday, HCC city mayor Jacob Mafume said the water supply was being affected by the erratic…
