ZVISHAVANE – FC Platinum appeared to have every ammunition to do well on their continental sojourn — an experienced coach, excellent training facilities and money to buy the best talent on the land. Their preparations appeared spot on — they sought duels with international opponents where their frailties were exposed embarrassingly. After the warm-up games…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest cigarette manufacturer, British American Tobacco (BAT), anticipates the business environment to remain challenging in the short to medium term, despite government overtures to improve the business climate. BAT managing director Clara Mlambo yesterday said while President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has adopted a deliberate policy stance to attract investment and improve the…
HARARE – Property investment and development firm, Mashonaland Holdings (Mash Holdings) has written off $870 000 worth of legacy rental arrears on the back of rising voids as the property market remains depressed, its acting chief executive said. The firm’s acting boss, Letiwin Mawire said Mash Holdings — which recorded an increase in voids to…
HARARE – The Daily News continues to grow in leaps and bounds — with the latest independent industry research statistics by the Zimbabwe All Media and Products Survey (Zamps) showing that the newspaper is the fastest growing in the country and the most widely read daily nationally. This is despite the fact that the newspaper…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, who is a former Mines minister, blew his gasket in Parliament yesterday after clashing with Mines and Energy portfolio committee chairperson Temba Mliswa over the country’s missing $15 billion from Chiadzwa diamonds fields. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe has broken silence over his resignation from office last November — and on Monday told visiting chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat — that he stepped down to avoid the country from descending into bloodletting conflict. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for…
HARARE – MDC acting president Nelson Chamisa is beating his internal party rivals with the help of his charm and vitality and could harness those gifts to help him successfully run for president, observers and analysts said yesterday. This comes as the MDC’s top officials are at war over control of the party, with the…
HARARE – Harare City Council will, starting today, not allow any commuter omnibuses into the Central Business District. Commuters will have to rank at the designated holding bays on the peripheries of the town while shuttle buses will ferry passengers to their respective ranks. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said the directive is being enforced in…
HARARE – Civil servants are fretting over government’s delay in paying them their 2017 bonuses, two months into 2018. Civil servants’ unions who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said most government workers had given up hope of getting paid their 2017 bonuses, accusing the re-elected Cecilia Alexander-led Apex Council of being toothless. Government had…
HARARE – The son of a Zanu PF Member of Parliament (MP) was shot in a suspected case of mistaken identity by Chinese nationals on Monday night. Hurungwe West MP Keith Guzah’s son, Kevin who was in the company of a lady “friend” Kudzai, was allegedly shot on the hand by two Chinese nationals when…
