Brandon Josphat and Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITERS THE minister for Finance Mthuli Ncube said full dollarisation of the economy will wipe out the banking sector. Speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, after parliamentarians had grilled him over civil servants’ salaries and why the government was not considering dollarising the economy as inflation and prices of basic…
Brandon Josphat and Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITERS THE government is meeting with civil servants today to discuss their conditions of service with a view to improving them amid rising cost of living in the country. This comes as the Federation of Zimbabwe Educators’ Union (Fozeu) had requested an urgent meeting with the Public Service Commission (PSC),…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) says it plans to both escalate its awareness campaigns and also screen private sector employees for malignant growths to mitigate soaring deaths from the killer disease in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, CAZ communications officer Lovemore Makurirofa said the exercise was based on the…
Tanyaradzwa Marabada SPOKEN word artist S’phongo, real name Tennson Ncube says performing for the French audience in Abidjan in Ivory Coast was an…
ZB Financial Holdings (ZB) has embarked on an ambitious transformation that will see it introduce a new operating model under the mantra “One Digital ZB”. In an interview with the Daily News after the launch of the model on Monday, ZB group chief executive Shepherd Fungura said their new journey is expected to deliver convenience and increase…
THE United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) and various partners yesterday signed a pledge to end the scourge of child marriages in Zimbabwe. This comes just a day before the commemorations of the Day of the African Child. According to Zimstats, 33.7 percent of girls under the age of 18 are married in the country and…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AS PARTY leaders had feared, Zanu PF’s national cell day last weekend uncovered many fake structures around the country — especially in urban and peri-urban areas — forcing the former liberation movement to embark on a new verification exercise. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for security, Lovemore Matuke, confirmed that…
STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ZESA has adopted the use of drones to curtail rampant vandalism and theft of its infrastructure which has resulted in the power utility losing millions of dollars annually and causing power cuts. This comes as both ordinary consumers and businesses alike have of late been reeling from power outages, which got worse…
CITY of Harare residents will endure three days without portable water as the local authority has embarked on refurbishing its pipeline along the Harare-Bulawayo highway. In a statement yesterday, acting town clerk Phakamile Moyo said the programme would require the shutting down of the Morton Jaffray water works from last night to Friday. “We hereby…
ZANU PF MPs have moved a motion to ban opposition party members calling for sanctions from holding public offices. This comes as Zanu PF is accusing the opposition of inviting sanctions against the country which, according to them, are causing untold suffering to Zimbabweans. It also comes as the government is planning to enact patriotic…
