May 2020

Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has started rehabilitating boreholes at Nyamandlovu Aquifer in a development that is expected to ease Bulawayo’s water woes. Last week, the government — through Zinwa — provided $10,6 million for the rehabilitation of 15 boreholes at Nyamandlovu Aquifer. In an interview with the Daily News,…

EVEN before it has been launched, a political party associated with former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi, has hit turbulent waters with resignations, expulsions and counter-expulsions ripping it apart. Members of the People’s Party, formed barely three months ago with the aim of morphing into a formidable opposition movement, were stunned on Wednesday when Mzembi and…

Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw WORKERS and employers have demanded an urgent Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) meeting. This comes as government relaxed the national lockdown to level 2 on condition people who are going to work are tested for the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19), adhere to strict restrictions on social distancing and also wear face masks….

THE United States Senate has called on the World Bank to ensure the US$7 million grant to Zimbabwe for the coronavirus (Covid-19) fight is not abused by the ruling Zanu PF party. This comes after the World Bank on Wednesday offered Zimbabwe a US$7 million grant to enable the struggling Harare administration to fight the…

Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw TOBACCO farmers have so far sold two million kilogrammes (kg) of the golden leaf worth US$5 million, as the volumes and sales for this year continue to increase compared to last year. This comes as the 2020 tobacco season recently opened, with the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) expressing…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kmhungirat@dailynews.co.zw   ECOCASH (Private) Limited (EcoCash) has dragged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to the High Court after the central bank issued a directive freezing the accounts of mobile money transfer agents with transactions exceeding $100 000 per month. In a court affidavit, Eddie Chibi, EcoCash director and chief…

FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says the government should call for an audit of all donations made towards curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic to ensure that all those who abused the contributions are brought to book. Although President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the nation that all donations will be accounted for, there…