Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE government says it needs a whopping $21 billion to ensure the safe re-opening of schools, in the wake of the havoc that has been caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as authorities are planning to re-open schools at the end of June, under…
LAST Saturday, on May 17, five winners walked away with $51316 each after sharing Pink Lotto’s first guaranteed must-be-won jackpot of $250 000. The winners included Ntokozo Ncube (Bulawayo) who played via Ecocash, Mufaro Masuka (Harare) and Marc McNaughton (Harare) and Knowledge Chipungari (Mhondoro) who took part in Pink Lotto via the mobile application. The fifth…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) executive director Roselyn Hanzi has petitioned police commissioner general Godwin Matanga to investigate the circumstances surrounding the leaking of pictures of a female MDC official, who was part of the three who were recently allegedly abducted and tortured. In the letter dated…
SHADOWY businesspeople are abusing mobile money platforms to bleed the economy and consequently drive inflation on the black market even as most parts of the country remain largely on lockdown, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mangudya said. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee for Budget and Finance, which is chaired by Felix Mhonda,…
By Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER CASES of commuters being robbed and mugged are on the increase in major towns and cities, police have revealed. This comes as commuters are getting home at night as they spend a lot of time in Zupco bus queues. The government is still to lift a ban on the kombis, leaving…
By Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER THE current national coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown put in place to curb the spread of the virus has hit urban councils hard as rate payers, most who are in the informal sector which remains closed, are not paying their rates. The local authorities are appealing to government to provide them with…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has ordered Local Government minister July Moyo to stop demolitions of houses, churches and tuck shops in Domboshava following an application filed by residents in the area, the Daily News can report. The applicants were Domboshava Residents Trust, Tineyi Munetsi and Tonderai Murape, while the respondents were Local…
CITY of Harare’s parking unit, City Parking (Pvt) Ltd has increased parking fees with effect from June 1, 2020, which will see people forking out $20 per hour for parking in the city centre. In a statement, City Parking’s finance manager, Itai Mavhera, said the new tariffs were necessitated by the need to survive country’s…
A HARARE woman’s plan to smuggle raw cocaine to Greece and Maldives through DHL was allegedly busted after the parcels were seized by detectives before shipping, a court heard. Matilda Mafofo, 37, of Old Canaan, Highfield in Harare confirmed that the parcels were hers when she was called in to identify them at DHL offices…
A RETURNEE from the United Kingdom escaped death by a whisker following a brutal attack by a fellow inmate at a quarantine facility where they were accommodated after recently arriving in the country, a court heard. Garikai Tawanda was denied bail and remanded to May 29 when he appeared before Harare magistrate Sheunesu Matova charged…
