HARARE – MDC is targeting the women’s vote in the forthcoming 2018 election, with the party embarking on ‘‘kitchen meetings’’ mainly in the rural areas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC women’s assembly leader Lynnet Karenyi said the party seeks to increase its voting numbers in the much-anticipated poll. “We want to mobilise mothers…
HARARE – David Parirenyatwa’s Health ministry is demanding back fuel it gave to Zanu PF for use during President Robert Mugabe’s 93rd birthday celebrations in Matobo last month. In a February 27 letter to Zanu PF’s politburo Health secretary, Cleveria Chizema, Health ministry permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji revealed that they gave the ruling party 320 litres…
HARARE – The Defence ministry’s books are in shambles, with revenue returns and payments accounts improperly filed while an asset register has not been maintained, a report by Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has revealed. According to Chiri’s damning forensic audit report tabled in the National Assembly a fortnight ago, the Sydney Sekeramayi-led ministry failed to…
HARARE – Broke President Robert Mugabe’s government has introduced taxes for commuter operators – popularly known as kombis – and hairdressers, as part of desperate moves to raise funds. According to last Friday’s gazette, authorities were given legal teeth to compel the “operators of hairdressing salons (to pay) $10 per chair per month” while “informal…
AUCKLAND – I am not going to analyse Joice Mujuru’s performance in recent interviews on the BBC’s HARDtalk and on Deutsche Welle’s Conflict Zone point by point. Suffice to say she failed to sell herself and her party while on those platforms. Not only did she humiliate herself but she was an embarrassment to women,…
HARARE – While groundwater tested in 28 boreholes from 30 of Harare’s suburbs is clear of cholera-causing E.Coli bacteria, some of the water is highly acidic and contains rust from rotten plumbing equipment. Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) chairperson Endy Mhlanga said the assessment was conducted in Greater Harare suburbs such as Mabvuku, Borrowdale, Greencroft…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill or Bond Notes Bill has now been passed and gazetted as an Act of 2017. The central bank has warned that those fuelling the three-tier pricing that has emerged as market forces are overpowering the forced parity of the surrogate currency face imprisonment of up to…
HARARE – Intergrated financial services group, CBZ Holdings (CBZ), said the new low interest rates regime will help promote economic growth through increased production. This was after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) put a cap on interest rates at 12 percent effective next month in an effort to stimulate aggregate demand, promote the resuscitation…
HARARE – Zimbbwean crocodiles and alligators breeder, Padenga, is banking on anticipated recovery in the United States of America’s economy to boost its business. The group’s chief financial officer, Oliver Kamundimu, yesterday said a growth in America’s economy bodes well for his company. “We hope that (America’s President Donald) Trump will live to his promise…
HARARE – NetOne is continuing with its rapid expansion drive after it opened another shop in Chiredzi at the weekend. The company’s public relations manager John Nyashanu said his organisation was going to open more shops across the country as part of its expansion drive. “We are going to have a presence in all areas…
