Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AN ALLEGED game plan by the opposition to discredit this year’s national elections will be futile as President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF will romp to victory fairly and squarely, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has asserted. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Charamba also said by…
Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has ordered major power consumers to start paying their electricity bills in foreign currency. Described as Intensive Energy Users Groups (IEUGs), these major corporate consumers require more than 500 megawatts (MW) to run their operations.In a letter dated February 28 and addressed to IEUG chairperson Eddie Cross, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO FIVE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) first year students perished in a road traffic accident that killed nine people in Filabusi on Thursday, the institution has confirmed. The five died when a Toyota Wish vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a Nissan UD truck…
DIAMOND mining company, Marange Resources (Private) Limited, could end up paying US$234 500 to one Brandon Bowen after the High Court last week dismissed its application for absolution from the instance. Absolution from the instance is granted at the end of a case if neither the plaintiff nor the defendants have put forward sufficient evidence…
A 21-YEAR-OLD woman from Mt Pleasant, Harare, allegedly tried to bury her new-born baby in a hole in the ground, a magistrate’s court heard on Friday. Melissa Mutafi appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing charges of attempted infanticide before she was released on free bail. She was remanded out of custody to May 9…
BY ALMOT MAQOLO CBZ Holdings (CBZ), one of the biggest financial services groups in the country, is bidding to plough back into the community (Cooperate Social Responsibility— CSR) by giving people economic opportunities through the launch of its philanthropic unit, CBZ Foundation. According to the group, the programme will focus on health, education and vulnerable…
CHILD marriage is one of the most important challenges of the current era that threatens women’s health and violates human rights. It is sad to note that in Zimbabwe the situation has become so bad that child-to-child marriages are also becoming a common phenomenon. Women who are employed reinvest 90 percent of their earnings back…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has tightened this year’s marketing season operations by introducing e-marketing in a bid to do away with side marketing and other shady activities. Last year the marketing season was marred with side marketing which led to de-registration of 37 000 growers and some merchants had their…
DYNAMOS Football Club chairperson, Bernard Mariot Lusengo, is being accused of illegally bestowing 51 percent of the club’s shares to himself. Lusengo, 75, was arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Courts on Friday facing charges of fraud. Harare magistrate Stanley Mambanje remanded him out of custody to May 3. It is the National Prosecuting Authority’s case…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE United States of America (USA) remains committed to helping Zimbabwe emerge from its decades-long myriad challenges and is pleased to see that Harare is trying to resolve its debt overhang. This was said by the USA’s deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, Robert Scott, who was in Zimbabwe…
