THE parliamentary portfolio committee on local government has called on the authorities to urgently put in place mechanisms to monitor the use of devolution funds. In a report tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday after legislators visited the Kenyan Parliament, the committee said the current laws needed to be amended to curb funds abuse….
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora has appointed his secretary-general Paurina Mpariwa as the new leader of the opposition in the National Assembly to replace Thokozani Khupe, pictured, who was recalled recently. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda told the august House on Tuesday that Mwonzora had also appointed Makoni Central MP David Tekeshe as…
PREPARATIONS for the 2022 population and housing census have gone a gear up with the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) conducting a train the trainers workshop in Harare and Bulawayo. The ongoing level one supervisors’ 10-day workshop is running simultaneously in Harare and Bulawayo. At least 335 and 307 delegates comprising those at managerial level,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, says Zimbabwe’s military has suffered significantly from the West’s sanctions against the country. Speaking in an interview with a Belgian newspaper, La Libre, during his recent visit to Brussels, Mnangagwa said the sanctions had, for example, made it difficult for the military to acquire sufficient equipment to help fight bandits terrorising Mozambique. In…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya CABINET has approved local mining firm, Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) as the investment partner for resuscitation of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco). Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Presidential Affairs minister Joram Gumbo, said KMH was recommended as the investment partner under the guidance of Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida)….
Rumbidzai Ngwenya TEACHERS in Harare generally heeded the government’s call to return to work yesterday, ending their two-week-long strike for better remuneration. This comes after the government gave teachers up to yesterday to end the strike or be deemed to have resigned. A survey carried out by the Daily News yesterday in Harare, noted that normalcy had…
TWO police officers are believed to be part of a gang on the run from SAPS following Monday’s deadly shoot-out in Rosettenville, south of Johannesburg. It is alleged that at least 25 heavily-armed men were on their way to carry out a cash-in-transit heist when they were intercepted by police. The 25 gunmen from KwaZulu-Natal,…
The trial of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife Marry, pictured, in a case in which she stands accused of assaulting their maid has been postponed to March 2 to allow her to undergo an operation on her fractured hand. Marry reportedly fell on her already injured hand on January 29 and she was yesterday expected to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will prosper if the country remains united and peaceful. At the same time, he has warned that authorities will not hesitate to throw the book at anyone who tries to cause instability in the country. Addressing a National Youth Day gathering in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa added that there would be…
Melisa Chatikobo POLICE had to be called in to restore order at the Midlands State University (MSU) in Gweru after the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) clashed with examiners over unpaid allowances yesterday. The Daily News gathered that Zimsec markers downed tools and it only took the intervention of the police to defuse the tension. National police…
