RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA ZIMBABWE’S economy has already taken a knock from the effects of the on-going conflict between Russia and Ukraine with prices of goods and commodities, including fuel rising. The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) announced new fuel prices yesterday with diesel 50 now costing $195.99 or US$1, 51 from $168.17 or US$1,51 per litre while…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa yesterday called on opposition parties to unite against Zanu PF ahead of elections to enhance their chances of taking over power. Addressing supporters as he launched his party’s March 26 by-elections Bulawayo campaign at White City Stadium yesterday, Chamisa said his party was ready to work with…
INDEPENDENT television channel, 3Ktv, has become a hit with thousands of Zimbabweans who are already enamoured by its riveting content — a…
AUTHORITIES are sweating over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has seen the government battling to evacuate all the country’s citizens from the Eastern European country. So serious is the situation concerning Zimbabweans in Ukraine, that authorities have now petitioned the European Union (EU) and Russia for their safe passage out of the war-hit country. This…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya POLICE say they will deal ruthlessly with all perpetrators of political violence ahead of this month’s by-elections. This comes as several cases of ugly political violence have been witnessed in the country over the past few days, as the race for the special polls gathers momentum. Speaking in Harare yesterday, at the conferment…
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, yesterday took aim at the opposition-led Bulawayo City Council (BCC), accusing the local authority of wantonly running down the once-thriving and beautiful city. Addressing ruling party supporters in the city’s Old Pumula suburb, Chiwenga said the BCC was an epitome of a “dismally failed” local authority. The tough talking vice president…
THE government says almost all teachers who went on strike since schools opened last month are back at work and that their salaries plight was now a closed chapter. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, deputy Education minister, Edgar Moyo said the government had solved the teachers’ concerns and the situation is now normal in…
THE government is looking to expand Mabwematema Irrigation Scheme by 420 hectares following the recent commissioning of Palawani Dam in Zvishavane. The scheme which was officially commissioned in 1966 drawing water from the Mabwematema Dam currently sits on 80 hectares and benefits approximately 200 farmers. The scheme has been facing challenges owing to dry spells…
THE newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party wants neighbouring South Africa to once again take a leading role in mediating Zimbabwe’s decades-long political crisis. Speaking during an online discussion on Wednesday on the political situation in the country, one of the CCC’s interim vice presidents, Tendai Biti, said South Africa and President Cyril Ramaphosa…
AUTHORITIES have promised to end the challenges that Zimbabweans are enduring in trying to acquire national identity cards and birth certificates. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the current crisis had been caused by shortages of consumables used in producing national IDs. In the case of birth certificates, he said…
