July 2020

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) will reopen with effect from Monday, after it had been suspended pending investigations into alleged illegal financial activities. This comes as the government was under pressure to reopen the ZSE as investors were concerned about losing their investments,…

Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man wants the High Court to stop the erection of the statue of Zimbabwe’s late heroine, Mbuya Nehanda, in the capital, arguing the government had bypassed traditional rites by not engaging her family. Felix Elijah Shamuyarira, who claims to be a maternal relative of Mbuya Charwe, the spirit…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw KWEKWE Central MP Masango Matambanadzo, popularly known as Blackman, has died. The National Patriotic Front (NPF) legislator died on yesterday at his home in Kwekwe after a long illness. He was 56. Announcing his death, Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, said Matambanadzo was a hard-working legislator. “He…

THE parliamentary portfolio committee on youths has recommended an amendment to the Constitution to allow the government to appoint a Youth Commission. In a report presented in the National Assembly recently, the committee said the laws of the country do not respect youths. “In the long term, the Youth Commission should be included in the…

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) will embark on a temporary 16-hour power supply cut this Thursday for the purpose of carrying out critical annual maintenance works in the country’s Southern Region. In a notice, ZETDC said the affected areas include Nkayi in areas such a Nkayio Centre, Loreto Gothic Mine, Silobela, Cottco,…

STATE-OWNED mobile network operator NetOne yesterday donated surgical equipment to the University of Zimbabwe department of dentistry and oral health care at Parirenyatwa Hospital to facilitate facial reconstruction surgery for Taremeredzwa Mapungwana (29) whose face has been deformed by a rare tumour. Mutare-born Mapungwana, who works for NetOne, has unsuccessfully undergone 16 surgeries to remove…