BOTH ordinary consumers and businesses alike continue to reel from the country’s relentless power outages, which got worse in Harare at the weekend. So serious are the capital city’s current blackouts, that its central business district (CBD) — which houses key government functions and major corporate head offices — has had no electricity at all…
Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailnews.co.zw ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda says it is the duty of Parliament to review fuel taxes as a measure to cut its prices. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Soda said his ministry does not have powers to reduce fuel taxes. “My understanding is, it is the Parliament which passes the taxation…
THE government says it is drafting a Statutory Instrument to address the prevalent human-wildlife conflict through ensuring that revenue generated from hunting quotas is allocated to affected communities. This comes after former permanent secretary in the Environment ministry Munesu Munodawafa told delegates at the just-ended Elephant Conference that policy makers must consider the interests of…
A FORMER Zanla combatant Marshall Rex Sibanda is set for rich pickings after the High Court directed Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to register him as an ex-combatant and pay his benefits backdating to 25 years ago. Sibanda told the court that he was vetted in 1997 and issued with a war veterans’ card as proof…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has directed the Agriculture Rural Development Authority (Arda) to manage all irrigation schemes across the country as the authorities are targeting to develop the country’s agriculture sector. Speaking in Masvingo during a National Irrigation Competition prize giving ceremony at the weekend, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s vision of…
THE findings of a recent survey by pan-African research organisation Afrobarometer suggest that the country’s opposition may be up against it in next year’s crucial national elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts especially warned Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa that he would have to do…
MELISSA CHATIKOBO PARLIAMENT says the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) should improve their marketing strategies to increase foreign investments into the country. In…
NYASHA KUNYISWA POLICE say they are worried about the upsurge in the number of robberies involving women. National police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, told the Daily News On Sunday yesterday they were probing such robberies, most of which had taken place in Harare. “We urge the public to be cautious when boarding illegal pirate taxis. We…
ZANU PF director of information and publicity Tafadzwa Mugwadis ays the net is closing in on cadres fermenting hatred and discord in the ruling party, adding President Emmerson Mnangagwa will crack the whip soon. In a wide-ranging interview on independent commercial television 3Ktv’s popular Vantage programme last week, Mugwadi denied there was a rift between…
MELISSA CHATIKOBO FORMER board chairperson of Agriculture Rural Development Authority Basil Nyabadza says the government should consider venture capital to finance farming…
