HARARE – Zanu PF has set tough conditions for the selection of the party’s candidates ahead of this year’s crunch elections, with the politburo set to have the final say on who will stand or not on the ruling party’s ticket. Briefing journalists at the party’s headquarters yesterday after an extraordinary politburo meeting, Zanu PF…
HARARE – A Harare woman was busted secretly operating a brothel that recruited young girls from the age of 12 at a rented cabin at the Roman Catholic Church in Eastview’s Phase 1. Vimbai Fungisai, 22, appeared in court jointly charged with Tendai Masiya, 45, who was offered one of the girls for his sexual…
HARARE – National maize production for 2017-18 will most likely be below-average, the US Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) has said, but government has said the country has enough grain reserves to last until next year. The Fewsnet, in its February report, said following below-normal rains during the first half of the cropping season,…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said farmers who benefited from Command Agriculture have managed to pay back 60 percent of the money provided by Sakunda Holdings to bankroll the scheme. Sakunda Private Limited provided the farming inputs upfront that were to be paid back in a year when farmers harvest. Sakunda was engaged…
HARARE – Cottco Holdings Limited, a Zimbabwe-based agro-industrial company engaged in buying, processing and marketing of cotton, has called on government to reinstate its monopoly on cotton marketing to ensure its viability and combat side-marketing. “De-regulation of the industry by the government was good because it brought about competition but it also brought with it…
HARARE – Top Immigration Department directors have come out guns blazing, dismissing allegations of widespread corruption and sexual abuse of subordinates levelled against them by former employees. Immigration principal director Clemence Masango jointly face allegations of primitive accumulation of wealth together with Givemore Charamba, the director of operations and Steven Museki, the director administration. According…
HARARE – Woes continue to mount for ex- deputy Finance minister and Zanu PF Mutoko South MP David Chapfika after he was dragged before the High Court for failing to pay $300 000 for electricity consumed at his farm. According to the application filed by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Private) Limited (ZETDC),…
HARARE – Harare City Council has decided to construct three modern bus termini on the outskirts of the city. According to environmental management committee minutes, the three termini that will be located at Seke Dieppe Road, Rhodesville area and Golden Quarry need approximately $10 million. Council is seeking approval for a supplementary budget to bankroll…
HARARE – A union leader that led demonstrations against the State power utility after wage talks stalled appeared in court yesterday. National Energy Workers Union of Zimbabwe (Newuz) secretary-general Thomas Masvingwe is charged with failure to comply with right to resort to collective job action in contravention of section 104 (3) (a) (i) as read…
HARARE – The appointment of Patrick Mavhura as ZBC chief executive officer (CEO) ahead of those who had fared better in interviews is a scandal. As exclusively reported by the Daily News yesterday out of the 15 people interviewed for the top ZBC post, Mavhura was seventh, and was not even part of the final…
