HARARE – Civil air regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz), has flighted a concerning statement, advising faithful passengers of the perennially struggling State-owned carrier, Air Zimbabwe, that all such travellers flying the airline’s local and its single scheduled international destinations, were now required to pay their departure fee directly to the Caaz office…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s gold earnings slumped by 6,5 percent to $502 million in the 10 months to October 2014 from $534 million achieved in prior comparable period. According to the latest Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) statistics, the decline in gold revenue is despite an increase in the yellow metal’s production to 12 363,73…
HARARE – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an inter-governmental body plans to visit Zimbabwe next month as part of escalated efforts to mitigate money laundering and combat the financing of terrorism. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said that this development follows a successful evaluation done on the country by the monitoring body at a plenary…
HARARE – As 2014 comes to an end, the Daily News has rated President Robert Mugabe’s current Cabinet team — which is wracked by debilitating factional and succession wars that are devouring the ruling Zanu PF party — as the country’s worst ever. Apart from scandalously participating in the ugly infighting within Zanu PF, that…
HARARE – Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa has hit back at Information minister Jonathan Moyo who has criticised him for his recent comments on newly-appointed Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko. Dabengwa told the Daily News yesterday that he would not lose “any sleep” over Moyo’s criticism, describing the sharp-tongued government information czar as “offside”. “What he is…
HARARE – Teachers have demanded a meeting with the government to discuss the on-going confusion surrounding bonuses, threatening to embark on a nationwide strike next month if they are not paid. Militant Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), said in a statement that it wants a meeting with its employer even on Christmas Day (tomorrow)…
KENT – I have read that Dr Munyaradzi Kereke, National Assembly independent MP for Bikita West has been re-admitted into Zanu PF. This raises an important constitutional issue, which this brief note addresses. In terms of the Constitution, when an MP who was elected as an independent candidate becomes a member of a political party,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s sole football representatives in African continental competitions for next year, FC Platinum, have been drawn to play Kenyan side Sofapaka FC in the preliminary round of the 2015 Caf Confederations Cup. The Chibuku Super Cup winners will begin their campaign with an away trip to Nairobi for the first leg on the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Test captain Brendan Taylor was last week released by his Indian Premier League (IPL) side, Sunrisers Hyderabad. The 28-year-old became only the third Zimbabwean player to make it to the lucrative IPL after retired skipper Tatenda Taibu and former spinner Raymond Price. Taibu was the first to make the IPL cut in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s request to be affiliated under the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) has been accepted in principle and what remains is the official confirmation letter, the Daily News has learnt. The National Federation of Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) embarked on a journey to get the international recognition at the beginning…
