THE Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is engaging other law enforcement agencies and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to intensify the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing. The FIU is an arm of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). In its 2022 annual report released recently, FIU said it would form a multi-agency task force…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has once again called for urgent national dialogue to arrest the country’s worsening economic crisis. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, as prices of basic goods continue to run amok in retail outlets, Chamisa warned that the economy could collapse completely if the country’s political leaders don’t…
By Brandon Josphat PARENTS have called upon the ministry of Education to scrap the much-criticised Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala), arguing that it is an overburden to schoolchildren and an expense to parents. Cala is a learning activity or assessment that requires learners to perform, and demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, and proficiency. It was introduced…
PREPARATIONS for this year’s crunch national elections are now in full swing. In this light, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has announced the opening of the voters’ roll for inspection. The inspection will commence this coming Saturday and end next week on Wednesday. Zec said yesterday that there would be 11 289 inspection centres in…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw DESPITE the general increase in access to food across the country, Bulawayo, Harare and Matabeleland South provinces remain food insecure, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). According to its report released on May 19, most urbanites are reeling from the pressure of the foreign currency pricing index and the ever skyrocketing…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday told municipal police officers to desist from harassing vendors living with disabilities as it is a violation of their constitutional rights. This comes as the council’s law enforcement agents have been engaged in cat-and-mouse games with vendors in the central business district confiscating their wares as the…
A SERVING member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has been dragged to court for allegedly severely assaulting his 22-year-old wife with a fan and brick for preparing sadza without meat. Shynewell Ndlovu, 34, who is stationed at 4 Brigade Engineer Field Squadron in Masvingo, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Elijah Singano yesterday facing attempted…
By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES say they are increasing grain deliveries from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to Silo Food Industries to ensure that the milling company produces affordable mealie-meal for consumers. Silo Food Industries is a subsidiary of the GMB, and has been tasked by the government to increase mealie-meal production following reports that the…
A FEMALE employee who pleaded guilty to stealing over US$4 000 from her employer last week escaped jail after a Harare magistrate sentenced her to perform 10 months of community service. Nyasha Gudyanga, 31, last week appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with fraud. She pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 24…
A ZIMBABWE National Roads Administration (Zinara) official will spend the next three years in prison after she was found guilty of 258 counts of criminal abuse of office as a public officer. Patricia Chikowere, 47, was arrested in 2018 after it was revealed that she was corruptly interfering with Zinara’s vehicle registry system. In a…
