© COLLEN Tongowona was elected the new Zimbabwe Chess president during the association’s elective Annual General Meeting at Magamba Hall in Warren Park in the capital at the weekend. [GoogleAd] The Harare City Chess Club chairperson polled 93 votes against Chenjerai Madamombe’s 80 in a two-horse race after the third presidential candidate Bridget Pumoyo pulled…
© A record 25 countries have confirmed their participation in the inaugural Miss Albinism Africa pageant in December. [GoogleAd] The regional beauty contest is meant to help end stigma on albinos. Kenya, Zimbabwe and Malawi have separately hosted Miss and Mr Albinism pageants before. Brenda Mudzimu, one of the organisers of the continental showcase, confirmed…
© ARTISTES who plaster Harare’s walls with posters to advertise their shows will now be required to pay a fee.Town clerk Hosiah Chisango said the posters were an eye-sore to residents. [GoogleAd] Town House has been seized with improving its revenue streams to improve service delivery. “The city is dirty because of the numerous posters…
© ZIMBABWE’S leather industry is on the brink of collapse after 26 companies left the country due to loss of competitiveness on the export market amid a litany of challenges caused by government’s overregulation. [GoogleAd] According to official statistics, the country’s leather industry production has declined by 90 percent with current production at 1,8 million…
© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has granted NetOne a licence to operate a bureau de change as a way of increasing the number of participants in the interbank foreign currency market, other than banking institutions. [GoogleAd] This comes as the bureaux de change phenomenon is the fastest growing sector in the African financial…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been made to wait a little longer on his plans to have his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, buried at the national Heroes Acre — after the late Zanu PF leader’s family delayed announcing its decision on the matter yesterday until the arrival back in Zimbabwe tomorrow afternoon of his widow Grace….
© FRESH violence by seemingly deranged South African mobs is now targeting Zimbabweans — following the recent death of former president Robert Mugabe, who is accused of triggering a mass exodus to the neighbouring country during his ruinous rule. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, told the Daily News yesterday that many people…
© MOST wheat farmers in the country have turned down Command Agriculture inputs due to the power crisis, Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement deputy minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos has revealed. [GoogleAd] Haritatos told senators recently that farmers have shown no interest in collecting Command Agriculture inputs. “I would mention to this honourable house that…
© FORMER Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira will know her fate today after a Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti Guwuriro postponed her bail ruling. [GoogleAd] Mupfumira is facing a slew of criminal abuse of office charges after she allegedly swindled the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) of US$95 million during her tenure as Labour minister. The…
© ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA) has appointed Air Zimbabwe the official carrier of this year’s Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo which, will run from September 12 to 14 at the ZITF Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo. [GoogleAd] ZTA head of corporate Affairs Godfrey Koti confirmed the partnership yesterday. “This year Air Zimbabwe has partnered with us as…
