STEWARD Bank, the country’s largest bank by depositors, has unveiled Steward Pay, an online payment gateway, which facilitates the processing of local and international payments online via VISA, Mastercard, EcoCash and Steward Bank accounts. Steward Bank chief executive officer Courage Mashavave said the launch of Steward Pay is part of the bank’s ongoing cycle of…
SMALL-SCALE miners, hit by new base minerals export blanket ban announced recently by the government, are seeking a six-month moratorium to fulfil existing supply arrangements with international buyers. In a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and copied to Mines minister Winston Chitando, the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya said the unexpected Statutory Instrument…
ZANU PF is racing against time to conduct and conclude its primaries ahead of the country’s forthcoming elections, amid fierce jockeying for seats and concerns that the internal polls could be delayed to accommodate late candidates. This comes as the party’s provincial and national elections directorates are set to consider the CVs that have already…
By Rutendo Ngara AT LEAST 63 percent of Zimbabweans have no access to a balanced diet, the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) poverty, income, consumption and expenditure survey (PICES) reveals. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a balanced diet consists of at least 10 percent of proteins, five to 30 percent of fats,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged parents to instil discipline in their children. Speaking at the chiefs’ conference here yesterday, Mnangagwa said disciplining children would go a long way in curbing rising juvenile delinquency and substance abuse among the youth in the country.“We owe it to our forefathers who preserved our culture, and so it is…
Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Civil Protection Department (CPD) says the country remains on alert despite the weakening of Tropical Storm Freddy, which made landfall in the country for the second time, last weekend. This comes as one person was swept away on Monday in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, while panning gold in a flooded river and the…
A CHIVHU woman, Emelda Marizani, is set to know her fate tomorrow at the High Court as it is set to deliver its judgment on her quadruple murder charges. Marizani, who was arrested in 2020, is currently in remand prison after High Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi reserved his ruling in November last year to…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO ONE of complainants accusing Lobels Biscuits chief operating officer Andrew Dinhidza of rape fainted in court yesterday while narrating her ordeal, forcing the postponement of the matter to March 28. Happy Ndlovu, 40, is one of the nine complainants who have laid rape charges against Dinhidza. She fainted while making her…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have refuted claims that they enforce their constitutional duties with an iron fist, saying the statements were spread by people looking for attention and trying to damage the force’s reputation. Speaking to the Daily News on the day to commemorate the International Day Against Police Brutality yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged consumers to invest in renewable sources of energy, especially solar, as there seems to be no immediate respite to the current rolling power cuts in the country. Speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day celebrations in Harare yesterday, CCZ chief executive Rose Mpofu, pictured,…
