HARARE – Zimbabwean police are setting up safety cameras in high risk locations in Harare where smash and grabs from vehicles have been rife. Offenders will be snapped at selected intersections, with the CCTV system already installed at a hotspot around Avondale. “We are live and rolling out cameras at strategic points/intersections in Avondale,” the…
HARARE – The ongoing voter registration mobilisation campaign by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has moved a notch up as minibuses have been ferrying prospective registrants to nearby registration centres. During the door-to-door campaigns and road shows held in Kuwadzana and Dzivaresekwa in Harare on November 7, the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest trade union federation yesterday said the national budget presented by the Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa had nothing for the working people to celebrate. The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said the budget was pro-capital and workers should brace for hard times as the government pursues austerity measures and free market…
HARARE – Economists have said Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa made the right calls on some key elements of fiscal policy on one of the harshest budgets in a generation on Thursday, slashing spending, re-engaging with international lenders and attracting foreign investors. Bond markets rallied and rating agencies gave it a cautious welcome. But analysts questioned…
HARARE – Government is backtracking on the promised devolution of power which partially found expression in the new Constitution. In his national budget on Thursday Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the idea was not sustainable. The new Constitution created eight provincial councils with 10 councillors each, envisaged to be elected through proportional representation. There are…
HARARE – Devine Assignments is mulling whether or not to file a civil lawsuit against Zodwa Wabantu because they felt short-changed by her no-show at a scheduled show in Harare and Bulawayo this week even though she was paid. Zodwa’s latest no-show has prompted a furious reaction from expectant fans. Devine Assignments is entitled to…
HARARE – At the beginning of 2017, in the Daily News annual Cabinet review for 2016, we voted Finance minister Patrick Anthony Chinamasa as the best performer. We also included the new President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was the vice president then, among a short list of top performers in deposed president Robert Mugabe’s government. This…
HARARE – Property firm Mashonaland Holdings (Mash Holdings) says its revenues went down by 14 percent to $4,7 million in the full year to September 2017 due to company closures resulting in increased voids. The group’s chairperson Ron Mutandagayi said property expenses at $1,1 million for the year under review were 27 percent below comparative…
HARARE – Listed mining concern, Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC), has posted a $2,23 million profit after tax in the half year to September representing a 46,8 percent increase from $1,18 million reported in the comparable period last year. In a statement accompanying the results, BNC chairperson Muchadeyi Masunda said the increase in profits was due…
HARARE – Mr Ugly director David “Apama Styles” Machowa’s has revealed plans to stop repeat-winner William Masvinu from contesting in future pageants. “We are going to stop Masvinu as we cannot continue running with the same face representing the pageant. We need to give others a chance. “He will contest in bigger pageants such as…
