HARARE – Beleaguered steel maker, the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco), has postponed its crucial extraordinary general meeting (EGM), which was scheduled for tomorrow, due to a “delay in the establishment of the data room containing documents for inspection”. The meeting was to discuss the company’s debt, which is estimated to be about $500…
EDITOR — The Election Resource Centre (ERC), Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT), Women Institute in Leadership Development (WILD), National Youth for Development Trust (NYDT) and Christian Alliance note the significant increase in voter registration figures over the last three weeks. The overwhelming response to the voter registration mop up exercise, which has seen over 260 000…
HARARE – There are 75 political parties registered to contest in the looming elections in Zimbabwe — up from 35 that existed prior to 2017. The so-called big league has the MDC Alliance‚ made up of seven political parties whose leaders Morgan Tsvangirai‚ Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube were part of the original MDC that…
HARARE – The surprise resignation of Rita Makarau from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is emerging to be part of an unravelling purge that will see more officials being pushed out of the elections management body ahead of this year’s elections, the Daily News can report. Makarau bowed out of the Zec chair in December…
HARARE – The State has reneged on an agreement it had made with former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi to have his passport temporarily released to him because the politician was now being investigated by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission over corruption charges. Prosecutor Sabastian Mutizirwa advised the court that the State was withdrawing its consent…
HARARE – The Tourism and Hospitality Industry ministry will hold its first consultative workshop on the mooted National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS) at the Harare International Conference Centre tomorrow. The workshop is part of several the Tourism and Hospitality Industry ministry has lined up in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority to gather views from…
HARARE – Businessman Agrippa Masiyakurima, popularly known as Bopela, refused to give testimony in court yesterday saying he could only do so once Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been apprehended over indiscretions that he is alleging. Masiyakurima was billed to testify in a case in which Charles Mtetwa, 34, and Tapiwa Garapo,…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today expected to pay a courtesy call on the prophet — popularly known as Mudzidzi Wimbo (Wimbo) — who prophesied that he “needed assistance” for him to become Zimbabwe’s leader. Following the October 2015 prophecy, the 75-year-old politician dramatically assumed power from deposed Robert Mugabe, who had led Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono left parliamentarians eating out of the palm of his hand yesterday, when he narrated how Special Economic Zones (SEZs) will augment efforts aimed at reviving the country’s economy. Appointed SEZ chairperson in June last year, Gono, however, decried the yawning disconnect between President Emmerson…
HARARE – The changing of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption (Zacc) logo has ignited a row, amid allegations the alterations were done without approval from the executive of the anti-graft agency. The decision to change the logo has created confusion in the agency, forcing the anti-graft body to revert back to the original symbol, which has a…
