VAYA Mobility and the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) yesterday unveiled a partnership that will see passengers booking seats on long-distance buses ahead of travel and having insurance cover. The strategic partnership, VAYA neZupco, i set to transform the country’s public transport sector and bring convenience to hundreds of thousands of travellers, comes at a…
DIVERSIFIED retail and wholesale giant N Richards Group yesterday opened another branch in Hatcliffe, Harare, bringing the group’s total operating stores throughout Zimbabwe to 38. The new Hatcliffe branch is now the 18th N Richards Group branch in the capital city. The retail and wholesale giant, which has been in business for over eight decades,…
THE Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) intends to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their members by importing goods on their behalf from neighbouring countries. Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Zimbabwe’s land borders have been closed as a measure to curb the spread of the virus. This has…
THE late former president Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona and her husband Simbarashe Mutsahuni have approached the High Court challenging the government’s decision to downsize farms. This comes as the government indicated it wanted to reduce the size of the couple’s Sigaro Farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central. In the application, the two cited Lands minister Anxious Masuka…
THE Harare Magistrates’ Court has freed police commissioner Douglas Nyakutsikwa after ruling that he cannot be tried twice based on circumstances emanating from the same transaction. Regional magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro made the finding after Nyakutsikwa challenged the fraud charges against him, arising from accusations that he single-handedly allocated a residential stand in Vainona. Through his…
TOBACCO company Grandicore has intensified efforts to recover tobacco and money channelled to farmers and inputs under the Tobacco Contract Farming Credit Scheme. Grandicore finance director Donald Ganyaupfu said their company and the industry was worried about the selling of contracted crop to a buyer other than the one who financed it. This comes as…
ANOTHER Zanu PF regional meeting descended into chaos this past weekend, with party bigwigs said to have almost come to blows at the get-together — as ugly factionalism continues to ravage the ruling party. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the ruckus at the Mashonaland Central provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) meeting was fuelled by…
THOMAS “Mukanya” Mapfumo has launched a stunning tirade against his former management team of sabotage by creating fictitious social media accounts in the Chimurenga music icon’s name thereby creating confusion among his fans. In a stinging video shared on social media, the United Stated (US)-based musician threatened to take legal action against his former lieutenants…
BINGA traditional leader Chief Siabuwa says years of neglect of the district’s roads have contributed negatively to the growth of its tourism industry. Binga is known for a wide range of attractive, but less publicised sand beaches along the Zambezi River, hot springs, sight-seeing, hunting, fishing, boating and a rich culture. Speaking to the Daily News recently,…
WORLD Bank president David Malpass, at the weekend, met a delegation of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), led by African Union (AU) special envoy Strive Masiyiwa, to discuss a multibillion dollar financing of Covid-19 vaccines for African countries. Malpass later tweeted a screen shot of the meeting, showing him and the bank’s top…
