Rumbidzai Ngwenya ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to change behaviours that lead to climate change as the world at large is battling with the effects of excessive emissions of greenhouse gases that are destroying the ozone layer. Following the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (Cop 26) that was held last month in Glasgow, the UN…
RELATIONS between Harare and London — which had lately showed signs of thawing — are regressing, with both sides increasingly taking hardline stances towards each other again. Political analysts who spoke to the Daily News yesterday attributed the fresh tensions between the two sides to Zimbabwe’s fast-approaching 2023 national elections and the pressure that UK Prime Minister…
ZANU PF is moving to end party fights after politburo members on Wednesday agreed that no province will run its own elections, but they will deploy other provinces to supervise. This comes as factionalism which reared its ugly head during the last days of the former president Robert Mugabe is now threatening to tear the…
Tamary Chikiwa FARMERS here in the Midlands province are expecting a good harvest after they started receiving inputs under the Presidential Pfumvudza/Intwasa Scheme. In Mberengwa all the 37 wards received 258 762 metric tonnes of maize seed, 19 236 tonnes sorghum, 18 786 metric tonnes of millet, 1 962 metric tonnes of compound D fertiliser,…
Andile Tshuma POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested a trucker for allegedly failing to pay duty for household goods including 21 refrigerators worth US$120 000. The trucker, Stephen Matimbire, 43, was intercepted at an Engen fuel filling station in the border town on Sunday night. The arrest was made under the police blitz on illegal…
Shamaine Chirimujiri TWO notorious fraudsters were arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts on allegations of stealing 28 tonnes of Presidential Pfumvudza/Intwasa Scheme inputs from Maguire’s Warehouse. Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi denied bail for Golden Mutanda, 37, and Isabella Shuvai, 42, who are facing charges of fraud. Prosecutor Thomas Chanakira had avidly opposed bail for the…
MANY Zimbabweans, including labour and business leaders, say authorities have scored an “own goal” following Tuesday night’s introduction of contentious new coronavirus testing and quarantine measures by the government. They said the new measures — which require both returning residents and international visitors to get a PCR test upon their arrival in the country and…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reshuffled the politburo as he is strengthening his team ahead of next year’s by-elections and the fast-approaching 2023 polls. Mnangagwa appointed Christopher Mutsvangwa as the party spokesperson to replace the late national hero Simon Khaya Moyo. Mnangagwa also appointed Mike Bimha as the national political commissar while Alice Dube was appointed…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has exempted Tshabalala Extension suburb from the 72-hour water shedding programme following a diarrhoea outbreak that has seen more than 150 people seeking treatment. BCC town clerk Christopher Dube yesterday said a team of health personnel had to be dispatched to the suburb following distress calls from the community. “The…
M ANY Zimbabweans, including labour and business leaders, say authorities have scored an “own goal” following Tuesday night’s introduction of contentious new…
