Households and businesses must brace themselves for a global recession, the United Nations’ economic body has warned. In a report which will spark memories of 2008, the UN Conference on Trade and Development warned that the COVID-19 economic “shock” could end up costing the world $1trn (£760bn) of lost income. It also said the virus “will cause…
Austria has announced a ban on Italians entering the country unless they carry a medical certificate, in an attempt to stop coronavirus spreading. Speaking after the Italian government imposed travel restrictions across the country, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Austrians returning from Italy would have to self-isolate for two weeks. Austria has seen 158 cases of…
Australia’s privacy regulator is taking Facebook to court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Facebook had seriously infringed the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians. The social media giant left personal data “exposed to be sold and used for… political profiling”. The scandal involved harvested Facebook data of…
Amazon is offering its till-less technology to other High Street shops, just over two years after launching it via its own Go Grocery chain. Go Grocery shoppers scan a smartphone app as they arrive, allowing them to pay via their main Amazon accounts. It has now adapted its Just Walk Out system for other retailers…
A HARARE man was slapped with a 16-month prison term after pouring sugar into his wife’s car’s engine to fix her for banning him from collecting daily returns at their business enterprise. Robert Pakuzvidya, 43, pleaded guilty to malicious damage to property when he appeared before Mbare magistrate Manase Musiiwa recently. He was sentenced to…
THERE is currently a debate in government circles on whether or not to stick with five ordinary level subject passes as the benchmark which makes a student eligible for Advanced Level and tertiary education, acting Primary and Secondary Education permanent secretary Peter Muzawazi said recently. Currently, for a student to be deemed to have passed,…
MASVINGO city has run of out burial space prompting the local authority to make an urgent application for more land from central government. The city’s cemeteries include Mangwandi Cemetery, Pioneer Cemetery on the outskirts of the City and Lawn Cemetery along Mutare Road. Masvingo acting town clerk Edward Mukaratirwa said the council has been forced…
BULAWAYO City Council has hiked its bursary to underprivileged children in Zimbabwe’s second largest city from $70 to $600 per student. The hike follows the near-doubling of tuition fees by most schools across the country citing high inflation and ever-rising operational costs. The Bulawayo City Council bursary scheme currently benefits 370 students from 37 secondary…
THE country’s worsening economic rot is taking its toll among the country’s men, who in the last five years have committed more recorded suicides than women, statistics released by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reveal. National police spokesperson, assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi told the Daily News that more than 2 000 men killed themselves between…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe’s target to reduce annual inflation to 50 percent by the end of the year from 500 percent in December 2019 is achievable. IMF’s representative Patrick Imam, however, said the central bank should exercise financial discipline to achieve this feat. “Yes, technically it’s absolutely feasible,” he said in an…
