By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi LIFE continues to get more bearable for poor consumers as the prices of many basic goods maintain their downward trajectory of the past few weeks. This comes as the hitherto cheerless Zimbabwe dollar continues to strengthen against major currencies on both the official and parallel markets, on the back…
Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITERmarambee@dailynews.co.zw DYNAMOS coach Herbert “Jompano” Maruwa has warned his troops against complacency, insisting his high-flying side cannot afford to take lightly lowly Green Fuel, with whom they square off at Triangle’s Gibbo Stadium tomorrow in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match. While DeMbare are one of the league’s in-form sides at the…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO CALLS for mental health awareness campaigns for men have intensified as male suicide rates in Bulawayo increase. This comes after police in the second capital launched investigations this week into three separate cases of sudden deaths by hanging recorded in three days.Bulawayo male artists have since come up with a…
BULAWAYO High Court Judge Bongani Ndlovu has reserved judgment in a case where 12 registered voters in Bulawayo are challenging the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s decision to accept nomination papers of political party members who filed their papers outside the time frames. The Nomination Court sat on June 21 to accept papers from aspiring candidates…
CHITUNGWIZA residents have been assured of access to clean water as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s borehole drilling scheme nears completion in the town, the chairperson of Prevail International, Paul Tungwarara, has said. The presidential borehole drilling exercise is being conducted nationwide, including urban areas, to address the water challenges faced by the majority of ordinary citizens….
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw MEMBERS of the public are open to inspect postal voting applications at the postal processing centre, says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). Postal voting is provided for under Section 71 of the Electoral Act, which states that registered voters who, on polling day, will be unable to vote at their polling stations…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has given public entities the green light to pay salaries partly in US dollars, albeit only up to a maximum of 40 percent, with the rest paid in local currency. This comes after workers have demanded that their remuneration be paid in foreign currency amid rising inflation and instability of…
POLITICAL parties yesterday endorsed civil society organisation, 4H Zimbabwe’s peace charter as efforts to have violence free elections intensify ahead of next month’s polls. Some of the parties which endorsed the charter include Zanu PF, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), MDC, Free Zimbabwe Congress, Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ) and National Constitutional Assembly…
A BULAWAYO man, who was arrested last month for allegedly falsifying the cause of death for his minor daughter suspected to have been assaulted to death by her stepmother, has been hauled before the courts. David Zhou, 47, from Northend suburb, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing charges of being a murder accomplice….
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s largest mobile network operator, says the current low tariffs are affecting its capital expenditure. In a trading update for the quarter ended May 31 2023, Econet said the last tariff review for the sector was carried out in April when the interbank rate was $1 000.02 to US$1, which in…
