By Brandon Josphat IN LINE with recent calls, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is contemplating holding an all-stakeholders peace summit, in a bid to avert political violence ahead of the crunch 2023 polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana said the mooted peace summit was “a welcome development” and the commission…
By Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed the price of petrol upwards in both local and foreign currencies. Petrol in foreign currency has been increased by three cents from US$1.54 to US$1.57 per litre and in local currency petrol is now costing $992.45 from $976.17 per litre.The price of diesel…
By Yvonne Ncube THE government says its initiative to re-brand Zimbabwe cannot succeed without the involvement of other stakeholders in the country. This was said by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa in her address yesterday at the ongoing Foreign Affairs and senior management ambassadors’ retreat and strategic review. Addressing delegates attending the indaba running under the…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has put city council officials on the spot over their failure to secure an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system which has resulted in the council failing to get and manage funds for service delivery. An ERP is a type of software that organisations use to manage day-to-day…
DEEP-SEATED political polarisation is dividing the nation and impacting negatively on efforts to revive the country’s ailing economy, the chairperson of CEO Africa Roundtable, Oswell Binha, has said. Speaking at his organisation’s 2022 conference in Victoria Falls on Wednesday, Binha said the business community was fearing for the worst ahead of next year’s national elections…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi AFTER months of copping criticism over the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)’s opaque governance structure, its leader Nelson Chamisa, appears to be finally moving to formalise the party’s make-up. This became apparent over the past few days after Chamisa moved to re-organise and galvanise the party’s key youth assembly…
By Nyasha Dube INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala, will have to wait to hear the fate of his bail application after High Court Judge Justice Rodgers Manyangadze yesterday pushed the ruling to tomorrow. Sikhala, who is set to stand trial on November 10 for allegedly inciting the violence that broke out…
ZIMBABWE can only secure its future and prosper if it evolves its economic model, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. Officially opening the eighth edition of the CEO Roundtable Conference, Chiwenga, in a speech read on his behalf by Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs minister Richard Moyo, Chiwenga called for a paradigm shift. “To move forward,…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa ZIMBABWE continues to record welcome decreases in HIV-related deaths, with about 2 000 less people dying from the disease in 2021 compared to 2020. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the chief executive of the National Aids Council (Nac), Bernard Madzima, said the country was making significant strides towards its quest to…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THERE was pandemonium in the National Assembly yesterday after opposition legislators demanded Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe apologise to opposition legislator Jasmine Tofa who was recently allegedly assaulted by suspected Zanu PF supporters during a by-election in Matabeleland South province. This came after Mutare Central law maker Innocent Gonese asked Kazembe what…
