GOVERNMENT is facing renewed pressure on the economic front, with the parallel foreign currency market once again running amok — pushing the prices of basic consumer goods like bread beyond the reach of many Zimbabweans, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as many leading schools around the country have also sharply hiked their…
FORMER president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore has approached the High Court seeking acquittal on charges of unlawful detention. [GoogleAd] This comes after his bid for discharge at the close of the State case was thrown out. Chikore is represented by Jonathan Samukange and cited Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba and Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi as respondents. …
A RUSAPE woman has filed an urgent chamber application to have her mother-in-law barred from receiving her deceased husband’s pension benefits. [GoogleAd] Elizabeth Rumbidzayi Hlatyayo alleges that her mother-in-law Elina Gaza fraudulently fixed herself and her two daughters to receive 80 percent of her deceased son Bernard Mlambo’s Old Mutual Zesa Group Life Assurance benefits….
THE tax evasion case involving the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries church took a dramatic twist yesterday with its officials disowning financial statements raided by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). [GoogleAd] The church, represented by its financial director Nelson Tawanda Marimo, is accused of failing to declare tax for more than $28 million revenue accumulated…
CONTROVERSIAL Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni, has sensationally appealed to the international community to escalate sanctions on the president Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government, arguing it has failed to pursue democracy. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa has — since taking over from Mugabe — continued with the mantra that sanctions were behind the economy’s poor performance, something largely seen…
ZANU PF legislator for Lupane East Sithembile Gumbo has died. Gumbo, 56, who was the party’s Matabeleland North secretary for administration in the women’s league, passed on at Mater Dei Hospital on Monday night. [GoogleAd] “It’s sad, she died yesterday night (Monday). She was ill for a long time and had been in and out…
THE MDC is likely to hold its Bulawayo provincial congress today as internal squabbles have continuously delayed the event as the battle for supremacy ahead of the do-or-die May congress continues unabated. [GoogleAd] The provincial congress was initially slated for last weekend but the continued fights have forced the event to be pushed ahead, something…
Government says it will fully implement the Public Financial Management Enhancement Project (PFMEP) by end of this year as it seeks to enhance the efficient utilisation of public resources in the country, a senior government official has said. [GoogleAd] PFMEP aims at improving financial reporting, internal controls, fiscal transparency and accountability of government finances. Deputy…
HARARE City Council is establishing a new cemetery at Eyestone Farm on the outskirts of the central business district. [GoogleAd] According to community service committee minutes, HCC has already drafted a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the contractor Zambuko Properties, set to build the cemetery. The new cemetery comes at a time when council is…
THE recent move by the ministry of Transport to launch an electronic learners’ driver’s licence testing process is commendable. As part of the ministry’s fight against corruption, prospective drivers will now have to use the newly-introduced Electronic Learners Licence Testing System (ELLTS) to obtain their provisional licences. [GoogleAd] Going the electronic route limits the interaction…
