© Leader of the smaller MDC Thokozani Khupe has said the new monetary policy highlighted by the ending of a 10-year multi-currency system, does not demonstrate a long term plan with a defined path to some end goal. [GoogleAd] The former deputy prime minister during the stability-inducing Government of National Unity between 2009 and 2013,…
© POLICE have released names of 14 victims who perished in a road accident that claimed 19 lives at Wengezi Bridge last week. [GoogleAd] The accident, which was declared a national disaster, occurred on June 28 at the bridge near Featherstone along the Harare-Masvingo highway following a head-on collision. Police assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said…
© THE State has opposed former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo’s application for temporary release of his passport and accused him of attempting to evade trial. [GoogleAd] Chombo, who is facing a slew of graft related charges, on Thursday made a fresh application for the temporary release of his passport to enable him to travel to…
© HOSPITALS around the country hard hit by water shortages have now turned to boreholes to alleviate the crisis. [GoogleAd] This comes after Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) president Hosiah Makombe said Zimbabwe must declare a water shortage emergency for the first time in its history as water levels have severely decreased. Some hospitals…
© JAILED National Pharmaceuticals Company (Natpharm) managing director Newman Madzikwa has been released on bail pending appeal. [GoogleAd] Madzikwa was imprisoned 14 months by Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya for hiking drug handling prices by 11 percent on June 19. High Court Justice Davison Foroma granted the Natpharm boss $1 000 bail coupled with stringent…
© RAPIST and former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke will issue a formal apology to Charles Warara — the lawyer who instituted private prosecution leading to his conviction over rape charges for defaming him through a letter published in 2012. [GoogleAd] Kereke who is serving a 10-year prison term for sexually molesting his wife’s 11-year-old…
© THE trial of former University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura who is accused of single-handedly awarding a false doctorate degree to former first lady Grace Mugabe was yesterday postponed to September 22 pending the outcome of a High Court ruling. [GoogleAd] Nyagura approached the upper court after Harare magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi dismissed an…
© THE World Bank has called upon government to build hazard resistant homes for Cyclone Idai victims who are still living in improper structures months after the natural disaster took place. [GoogleAd] This comes as the country is still reeling from the effects Cyclone Idai, which killed at least 364 people and destroyed homes and…
© THE United States of America has provided an additional $600 000 to assist approximately 1 700 smallholder farmers in Chimanimani District to recover and rebuild their lives following Cyclone Idai. [GoogleAd] The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) will provide funds to its local partner, LEAD Trust, to spearhead these recovery efforts over…
© THE country’s fuel crisis is getting worse as long winding queues have begun to resurface across the country, a week after government banned the use of the multi-currency system. [GoogleAd] Deputy Energy minister Magna Mudyiwa yesterday told the Daily News that the problem was arising from the fact that fuel operators are getting foreign…
