HARARE – Police yesterday brought to court 39 commuter omnibus drivers, touts and members of the public who pounced on Harare municipal cops during an operation that was staged in the city last Sunday. The 39 include Tinashe Chimbidzai,19, Tobias Tawengwa, 20, Enock Rutanhira, 26, Amos Nyamayaro,18, Innocent Mavhuto,19, Bothwell Nyamajiva, 27, Kudakwashe Nyamutswa, 25,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is facing a very serious liquidity crunch which has led to massive company closures, job losses, pay cuts, inconsistent and uncertain pay dates, high unemployment rates and this “thing of the past bonus issue”. This situation is heart-rending with most, if not all employers and employees, facing it. Getting around the challenges…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Caf Confederations Cup representatives Harare City began their preparations for the African Safari at Gwanzura Stadium yesterday with coach Taurai Mangwiro making known their intentions to make an impact in the tournament. Apart from those in camp with the national team, almost all the players registered for the Confederations Cup squad reported…
HARARE – Warriors playmaker Raphael Manuvire has set his sights on at least reaching the finals at the upcoming 2016 African Nations Championship (Chan) to be held in Rwanda later this month. The Warriors are currently in camp preparing for the tournament and are scheduled to fly out to Gisenyi next week where they will…
HARARE – Jah Prayzah, Suluman Chimbetu, Blessing Shumba and Leonard Zhakata are among established musicians expected to release new albums in the first half of this year. The musicians told the Daily News that failure to release new material would be potentially fatal to their brands. Gospel artiste Shumba, whose song Chimwe Nechimwe, topped the…
HARARE – Utakataka Express frontman Peter “Young Igwe” Moyo, who survived an accident along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway on New Year’s Eve, has fully recovered, his manager Sukol Dube has said. Young Igwe’s BMW vehicle veered off the road on his way to Beitbridge where the sungura artiste had scheduled a New Year’s Eve gig. The…
HARARE – There was a bloodbath on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange last year as punters lost close to $1,3 billion after the local bourse’ market capitalisation fell from $4,3 billion in December 2014 to $3 billion in December 2015. Market experts say the continued decline in listed companies’ shares by 30 percent year-on-year was a…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says government must enforce measures to limit its capital expenditures or risk remaining in a negative fiscal deficit. In its latest quarterly report released yesterday, the central bank said government had an overall budget deficit of over $260 million in the nine months to September 2015 and…
HARARE – Despite the myriad political and economic challenges ravaging Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe’s post-congress Zanu PF says its much-maligned government has done well over the past 36 years, blaming worsening poverty levels in the country on global economic turbulence. Party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo told the Daily News yesterday that the former liberation movement…
HARARE – Two security guards, who allegedly connived with three daring thieves who stole wheels from two of police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri’s Mercedes Benz vehicles last week, were hauled before the courts yesterday. The two, Judah Tachi, 39, of 169 Eyecourt Waterfalls in Harare and Tapiwa Chiweshe, 25, of 6589 Unit J Chitungwiza, were convicted…
