HARARE – Progressive Agriculture and Allied Industries Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) will next year push the farm workers wage from the current $80 to $150 so as to cushion its members. Paawuz secretary-general Raymond Sixpence told the Daily News yesterday that farm workers remain in the lowest earning bracket. “We will have to fight…
HARARE – MDC youth assembly chairperson Happymore “Bvondo” Chidziva said he will not seek re-election at the opposition party’s congress next year adding that he wants to pass the baton to the next generation. As the vibrant opposition leader celebrated his 38th birthday, Bvondo pointed out how dedicated he has been as a leader from…
HARARE – The cash crisis is worsening with some banks reportedly turning away their clients as early as 7am yesterday, advising that they had no money. Contacted for comment, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya, however, said there is no crisis and individuals should resort to plastic money. “There is no cash crisis. The…
HARARE – Pamwe Capital Partners, a Zimbabwean-owned company, is targeting to invest millions in the country’s agricultural sector. Pamwe Capital Partners has been investing significantly in key sectors of the economy in Africa and Asia while leading private equity and investment research and asset management in sub-Saharan Africa. Speaking at a breakfast meeting with government…
HARARE – Zimdancehall chanter Winky D is taking his latest and controversial single Kasong Kejecha to Kadoma, a small town in Mashonaland West popular for harbouring artisanal miners, on New Year’s Eve. The concert, pencilled for Odysseys Hotel, comes barely a week after the musician was physically attacked in Kwekwe. Sources say the incident was…
HARARE – Chimurenga music maestro Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo is set to stage a free farewell gig in Kadoma next week. The event is being organised by 2 Kings Entertainment. “We are still finalising on the exact date but the event is targeting older generation. It will be held during the day at Odyssey. “Most of…
HARARE – FC Platinum were handed a tough Africa Champions League draw after they were placed in Group B where they will take on Orlando Pirates (South Africa), Horoya (Guinea) and defending champions Esperance (Tunisia). Pure Platinum Play will have to be at their best to progress from this group where they are two…
HARARE – Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi has rubbished claims by Nelson Chamisa that he met with President Cyril Ramaphosa last week to seek help from SA to break Zimbabwe’s political and economic impasse. Mutodi said SA ambassador to Zimbabwe Mphakama Mbete had said he was not aware of any meeting…
HARARE – With a few days to go into the new year, the omens don’t look good politically in 2019, following the Zanu PF youth league’s ominous threats this week against the country’s opposition forces, the Daily News can report. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made sensational claims that she was stopped dead in her tracks by former president Robert Mugabe over an explosive book that she had written regarding the disputed circumstances surrounding the death of liberation icon Josiah Magama Tongogara. Tongogara, the revered late commander of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation…
