ZIMBABWE’S power crisis has deepened, with Zesa Holdings(Zesa) attributing the loss of electricity in most parts of Harare since last weekend to…
THE government has extended the localised Kwekwe lockdown by a further two weeks as health authorities continue to battle the spread of…
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice and Legal Affairs was yesterday forced to abort its consultation meeting after fuming Bulawayo residents castigated…
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, has now moved to set up a committee to spearhead new coalition talks with other opposition parties and interest groups, as the 2023 national elections loom ever closer. This follows revelations by Alliance deputy spokesperson Clifford Hlatywayo last month, who told the Daily News then that the coalition was pursuing a fresh…
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendments No 1 and No 2 which were recently passed by Parliament now face a fresh challenge after four human rights activists launched a Constitutional Court application seeking to repeal the amendments. This comes as the two amendments have faced several challenges at both the High and Supreme Courts where the matter has created…
RESIDENTS, here, say they are now living in fear following an increase in the number of violent armed robbery cases in the city. This also comes as Bulawayo police commissioner Patton Mbangwa recently told business leaders that resource constraints were hampering effective policing in the city, as the service was battling motor vehicle shortages. Residents…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced a marginal fall in diesel price, which has gone down from US$1,32 to US$1,30. According to Zera’s June 5 review, the petrol price remained at US$1,33, but dropped from $112,96 to $112,55 using the local currency, while diesel also decreased from $110,77 to $110,54. “Zera managed to…
AUTHORITIES say they are treading cautiously on the importation of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccines, which the Africa Export and Import Bank (Afrexim) has offered to buy on behalf of Zimbabwe. This comes as the vaccines have previously been identified with serious side-effects such as rare blood clots — which saw several countries, among…
ZIMBABWEANS — including clerics and politicians — yesterday paid tribute to the late popular Nigerian televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua, pictured, who had…
ZESA has embarked on a nationwide blitz to disconnect defaulting consumers, particularly local authorities — as it bids to recover an estimated $1 billion in outstanding debts. Last week, the power utility cut off the City of Gweru and Gwanda Municipality’s water and sewage treatment plants — resulting in residents there going for days without…
