HARARE – With Zimbabwe continuing on its precipitous decline that is widely blamed on President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF — as manifested by rising poverty levels and a stone-broke State that cannot pay its workers — a ruling party bigwig has admitted that the country is “in dire straits”. The unusual but welcome admission…
HARARE – Rape-accused Munyaradzi Kereke can no longer afford legal fees after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) allegedly garnished his accounts, the Constitutional Court heard yesterday. The Bikita West Zanu PF MP blamed the dire state of his finances on Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss Happyton Bonyongwe and his wife Willia, who chairs Zimra. “The…
HARARE – Government has moved a step further in its plans to establish a National Ports Authority (NPA) that would regulate all entries into the country, improve infrastructure and clear bottlenecks at the points of entry, a Cabinet minister has said. In an interview with the Daily News, minister of Transport and Communication Joram Gumbo…
HARARE – As the country continues to experience sporadic rainfall, the Meteorological Services Department has dispatched two planes in the northern and southern regions to begin its annual cloud seeding programme. Forecaster Tich Zinyemba yesterday told the Daily News that cloud seeding is being conducted across the country. According to Zinyemba, the national cloud seeding…
KIGALI – THE decision to include two veteran Zambian internationals and Africa Nations Cup gold medal winners in their Chan 2016 squad has paid off, as Isaac Chansa scored the decisive goal for Zambia to beat Zimbabwe in their opening game at Rwanda 2016. Chansa and Chris Katongo both started the game for Chipolopolo and…
HARARE – Twine Phiri’s hopes of being re-instated as Premier Soccer League chairman faced further resistance yesterday after Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa insisted Phiri could not represent CAPS United on the Zifa board because he is no longer the club chairman. This comes as CAPS had backed Phiri who is now part of the non-executive…
HARARE – Minister of Sport and Recreation, Makhosini Hlongwane, has challenged the National Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (NFZBBF) team to acquaint themselves well at the inaugural Arnold Classic Africa scheduled for Johannesburg, South Africa in May. NFZBBF last weekend named a 28-member team to do battle at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness…
HARARE – Artists from across all genres see 2016 as a difficult year financially as donors withdraw funding while government is reluctant to fund the arts sector. Artistic director of Masvingo Youth Festival (Yocaf) Leeroy Gono said with the dwindling financial support locally, the arts sector is in trouble. “The failure by government to support…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed diversified group, Innscor Africa Limited (Innscor) is divesting from its supermarket portfolio to focus on core restaurant business. “Pursuant to Innscor Africa Limited’s strategy of focussing on core business, the board of directors announces that the group has, with effect from January 1, 2016, divested its interests in the…
HARARE – National power utility, Zesa Holdings (Zesa), has been told to bring its own costs under control before asking business and customers to pay increased tariffs. Industry stakeholders yesterday said the looming 49 percent electricity tariff hike would condemn the country into an economic abyss. “Zesa group needs to be restructured at all levels…
