A MEMBER of the Air Force of Zimbabwe was sacked following a number of complaints over her failure to pay her debts. This emerged in a High Court application in which Bridget Mutiwebunyu, an ex-Air Force of Zimbabwe corporal, is seeking documents relating to her dismissal proceedings to enable her to make an application for…
MBADA Diamonds’ principals, Mauritius-registered Grandwell Holdings, is set to resume mining operations in the Chiadzwa diamond fields after the Supreme Court ordered Marange Resources to pay renewal fees in fulfilment of a special grant agreement entered between the parties in 2009. Grandwell Holdings and Marange Resources locked horns after then Mines minister Walter Chidakwa cancelled…
THE High Court has stopped the trial of jailed clergyman Robert Gumbura in which he and six other inmates are accused of attempting to flee from prison. The order by High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi comes after Gumbura and his colleagues fi led an application for review of a decision by Harare magistrates Francis Mapfumo…
CIMAS Medical Aid Society, one of the country’s largest health insurers, says it grew its membership by over 10 percent in 2019 to over 215 000. This comes as the medical insurance sector has been recording a decline in growth battling inflation, which has ravaged subscriptions and members’ disposable incomes. Cimas group chief executive Vulindlela…
Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri has admitted his ministry’s shortcomings in delivering its key mandates which include ensuring food and nutrition security as well as foreign currency generation. Shiri made the remarks at a time when more than half of the country’s population is food insecure and reeling from the El Nino-induced drought. Speaking at the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangangwa’s former top aide, Douglas Tapfuma, who is accused of corruptly acquiring duty-free certificates for car imports, said the chief accounting officer in the President’s Office Ray Ndhlukula should have been treated as an accomplice since he authorised the documentation. Tapfuma is being accused of evading car import duty using the State Residences…
HARARE businessman Stephen Margolis was brought to court on theft of trust property charges after allegedly disposing a client’s car that he held as surety over a debt. Margolis, 68, who owns Stephen Margolis Resort, appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and was remanded to February 18 on free bail pending finalisation of investigations. The…
THE Grain Millers Association (Gmaz) has expressed concern over the channelling of maize-meal into the black market in a development that has seen the organisation moving to curb leakages in the supply-distribution chain. The country has been facing maize-meal shortages after the government briefly removed subsidies on grain sold to millers, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
BHADELLA Wholesalers which has been operational in Zimbabwe for the past 87 years wants to close shop due to the harsh economic environment whereby the shop is no longer profitable. The company’s lawyer Everson Samukange, of Samukange and Hungwe Legal Practitioners told the Daily News yesterday that the issue is still under consideration by management…
ZVISHAVANE Town Council is scaling up its efforts to qualify for city status by end of the year and pushing for improved infrastructure and service delivery. Last year, the mining town applied to the central government to be granted city status leading to the appointment of a seven-member commission by the Local Government ministry to…
