British billionaire Richard Branson – the founder of the Virgin Group – and his family spent considerable time touring Zimbabwe’s prime wildlife…
BY ASHLEY MOYO BUSINESSWOMAN Annavestah Mudiwa recently hogged the limelight when she gave US$15 000 cash to award-winning musician Minister Michael Mahendere on the occasion of his 40th birthday celebrations held at Golden Conifer Functions Venue Strathaven in Harare on July 1. Mahendere, who is currently topping music charts with the hit Tangai Neni, is…
BY RUTENDO NGARA GOVERNMENT says it is working on establishing vocational training centres in each of the country’s districts to create self-employment opportunities for the youth. The commitment was made by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Youth, Thokozile Chitepo, who was addressing the media in Harare on Friday at the commemorations of the…
LAWYER Lovedale Mangwana has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to go ahead and print presidential ballot papers without independent candidate Saviour Kasukuwere’s name. This is despite that Kasukuwere last week filed an appeal at the Supreme Court seeking to reverse an earlier High Court judgment that blocked him…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has warned party officials, seeking to represent the opposition as council candidates, not to be involved in corrupt acts once voted into office. This comes as most opposition-run local authorities across the country are being accused of being involved in corruption with scores of councillors…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has advised the public against investing in Ponzi schemes, adding the recent surge in such activities were fraudulent and potential “investors” will fail to recover their funds. In a statement, the RBZ’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) raised concerns with the proliferation of Ponzi schemes in the country designed to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated his call for peace and unity among Zimbabweans ahead of next month’s harmonised elections before appealing to them to vote for Zanu PF. Zimbabwe is set to hold general elections on August 23 and Mnangagwa has been calling for peace as political tension continues to rise ahead of the…
THE United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are some of the countries that have raised red flags over the new Patriotic law, arguing it will impede freedom of association in Zimbabwe. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday signed the Patriotic law to be part of the Criminal Law (Codification and…
CHITUNGWIZA Central Hospital says it is planning to give a paupers’ burial to 18 bodies that have been unclaimed from its mortuary…
POLICE in Gweru have arrested one murder suspect and launched a manhunt for three others for allegedly fatally assaulting a man they accused of killing their colleague. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and appealed to anyone with information to assist the police in the…
