ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe and EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited made the top 100 among Africa’s top 250 companies named by the African Business magazine. Every year the African Business top 250 companies survey charts the rise of innovative,strategic and resilient African Businesses that straddle the continent and that invest billions of dollars into Africa-wide strategies to…
HARARE bouncers Gideon Sanyangore and Blessing Kumunda, facing attempted murder charges, will continue languishing in pretrial detention after their second attempt for bail was struck off the roll at the High Court after their lawyer failed to turn up. The two appeared before High Court Judge Munamato Mutevedzi, but the judge was yesterday forced to…
Rutengo Ngara THE government is planning to review its agriculture sector target for 2025 from US$8.2 billion to US$11 billion, the Daily News has confirmed. Permanent secretary in the Agriculture ministry John Basera said the upward review of the target was because the agriculture sector had managed to achieve its five-year target of US$8 billion…
A FORMER police officer, Jaison Muvevi, who allegedly shot and killed three people in Wedza, last Friday, is set to appear back in court tomorrow after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) obtained a warrant for further detention. The suspect was arrested in Mozambique on Monday while trying to jump the border before his extradition to…
A MUREHWA magistrate was arrested and charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he allegedly accepted a US$80 bribe. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is alleging that in September last year, Edwin Marecha, 42, received a US$80 bribe from Artwell Paraffin on the condition that he passes a non-custodial sentence for…
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean music star Enock ‘Nox’ Guni says his upcoming album to be released next month will include collaborations he did with artistes from six African countries. Nox, who rose to prominence around 2000 during the urban grooves era, did duets with artistes from Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda on the album…
WE don’t believe in the economics of protectionism, neither are we disciples of price controls, but we feel strongly that the negative slide of the Zimbabwean currency on the black market will have a serious devastating effect on the ordinary people. The local currency is falling against the coveted green back. As of yesterday, the…
THE World Health Organisation(WHO) has partnered with the government to devise strategies aimed at controlling cholera and typhoid outbreaks. According to a report released by the WHO yesterday, the health ministry, with support from WHO, recently updated Zimbabwe’s cholera and typhoid control guidelines. “Our objectives were to review, update and validate the draft cholera control…
AS ZIMBABWE hurtles towards this year’s crunch national elections, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has once again appealed for political tolerance in the country. At the same time, MDC bigwig Morgen Komichi is escalating his push for inclusive national dialogue ahead of the fast-approaching polls, to help heal divisions and move the…
THE trial for Marry Mubaiwa in which she is facing allegations of attempting to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while he was hospitalised in South Africa, has been set for this Friday at the Harare magistrate’s court. The matter failed to kick off yesterday after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) asked for a…
