HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest business lobby group, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), is pressing government to clear 40 of its members who were “wrongly” listed as money externalisers by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The body has scheduled a meeting with central bank governor, John Mangudya, during this Easter holiday. This comes as the Confederation’s sister…
HARARE – Eleven independent candidates aspiring to be councillors — including popular fierce critic of ousted former president Robert Mugabe, Evan Mawarire — yesterday launched a joint campaign themed People’s Own Voice (Povo). The grouping’s spokesperson, Mawarire, said it was time citizens concerned about Harare’s well-being took charge. Povo’s launch comes amid emergence of independent…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) plans to install 50 000 prepaid water meters in areas that receive uninterrupted water supply. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said all modalities for the installation had been finalised. [GoogleAd] “All the necessary approvals are now available and implementation modalities are being…
HARARE – Marondera municipality has issued an enforcement order warning illegal occupants of its land to demolish their structures and vacate before the local authority moves in next month. According to the order by the local authority’s town clerk Josiah Musuwo, the land that has been illegally occupied is Lendyview Park. The enforcement order covers…
HARARE – Harare and Parirenyatwa hospitals have stopped taking in new patients due to the on-going doctor’s strike. In a March 29 letter to the hospitals’ clinical directors, consultants (senior doctors) representative committee said they could not “manage and serve new patients”. [GoogleAd] “The consultants have met today (29 March 2018) and have noted that…
HARARE – Civil society organisations have called upon government to ratify and domesticate the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) ahead of the 2018 elections. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed the Charter on March 21, on the side-lines of the extra-ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) held in Kigali, Rwanda….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s oldest institute of higher learning, the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), which is hogging the limelight for the wrong reasons, particularly the manner in which former first lady Grace Mugabe was awarded her PhD degree, has dropped in its rankings. According to uniRank, formerly known as International Colleges and Universities, which is a…
HARARE – The campaign to lobby the University of Zimbabwe to accord sungura kingpin Alick Macheso an honorary doctorate degree has gathered momentum. The campaign has mobilised 20 000 endorsements through Facebook likes and Nash Paints director Tinashe Mutarisi, who is spearheading the campaign, told the Daily News that the engagement process with the higher…
HARARE – South Africa Gqom music group Distruction Boys popular for the hit song Omunye are scheduled to perform in Harare in May. The group will showcase at Club 1+1 at Longcheng in the capital on May 11. Simbarashe “Dj Simmz” Chagweda confirmed the development saying the South African duo will be supported by local DJs….
HARARE – Though social media platform WhatsApp is known for wrecking marriages in some sections of the society, sungura musician Tatenda Pinjisi highlighted the positive side of new media in his latest album Chibhakera Chenyasha (Fist of grace). The album was officially launched on Wednesday at Dandaro Inn in the capital. The album is made…
