FORMER National Social Security Authority (Nssa) general manager Elizabeth Chitiga has been dragged to court after failing to settle a $200 000 housing loan advanced to her during her tenure. Nssa is seeking a summary judgment for Chitiga to be ordered to pay $201 581,73 with five percent interest calculated to August 27 last year…
HARARE residents and ratepayers have called on the Harare City Council to fix its billing system as they claim it gives people distorted bills, most of which are four months behind. Harare Residents Trust executive director Precious Shumba said in spite of Harare introducing a new billing system, nothing has changed. “Council’s billing system is…
ZIMBABWE Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) interim chairperson and renowned trade economist Gift Mugano has resigned after he was censured for publicly criticising government policies. In a letter addressed to Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza, Mugano indicated that he had chosen to contribute in policy discourse over being the interim chair and board member…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in Bulawayo RETURNEES housed at a Bulawayo Covid-19 quarantine centres, the United College of Education (UCE), on Sunday staged a protest over their extended detention. The returnees, mostly from South Africa and Botswana, went on a hunger strike in bid to force the authorities to release them after they had spent over 21…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has raised concern over the increase in informal traders in Harare’s Central Business District (CBD) who are not adhering to coronavirus (Covid-19) regulations, saying this could increase the rate of the spread of the deadly virus. This comes as undesignated vendors have…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEAN songstress and Amapiano vocalist — Sha Sha — has bagged her very first BET Award for Viewer’s Choice International Act. The Zimbabwean artiste who bagged the “Viewer’s Choice: Best New International Act” award beat Nigeria’s Rema, Celeste, Young T & Bugsey from the UK and also Hatik and Stacy…
Godknows Matarutse in BINDURA CORONAVIRUS (Covid-19) social distancing protocols were completely thrown out of the window as thousands converged at Chipadze Stadium to bid farewell to the late former Dynamos assistant coach Biggie Zuze yesterday. The normally sleepy town of Bindura was turned into a blue sea as hordes of DeMbare fans joined the Mashonaland…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) is yet to utilise equipment it bought with part of a US$144 million China Exim Bank loan it was granted in 2015 to improve water reticulation systems and infrastructure in the capital, the Daily News reports. According to the council’s recent audit committee minutes, the…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw WITH Zimbabwe reeling from the double-whammy of the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s long-standing economic crisis, Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has lifted the lid on the immense challenges this is creating for the armed forces. This prompted analysts who spoke to the Daily News last night to…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw LEGISLATORS have lashed the decision by the government to go ahead with the June Ordinary and Advanced level examinations, which start today, saying schools are not ready to deal with the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News reports. Speaking before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday,…
