A SCHOOL director, who was recently convicted of abducting a 22-year-old man and forcing him to do manual work at his house, was yesterday sentenced to 36 months in prison. Leonard Chiwaya, 56, the director of George Emmanuel International School in Nyabira, Mashonaland West Province, was convicted last week by Harare magistrate Caroline Matanga. Chiwaya…
By Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw TOP performers in the form of Jah Prayzah, Mathias Mhere and Dorcas Moyo among others will take turns to entertain the crowd at Tafara Ground in the capital today.The event is meant to celebrate popular businessman and Mabvuku-Tafara legislator Pedzisayi “Scott” Sakupwanya’s birthday.“I want to thank God that I have…
EXACTLY four days after the country witnessed the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) held in Bulawayo, all eyes are now on the annual Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (Daz) awards to be hosted by City Sports Bar in Harare tonight. Over 30 dancers are set to walk away with different gongs at the event dominated by…
ECOCASH, the leading financial services platform in the country, has expanded its payroll services to include security companies. The latest development allows employees of companies in the security sector across the country to conveniently receive their full pay directly into their EcoCash wallets.“Extending payroll services to security companies — whose personnel are scattered across the…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president Tendai Biti, who was recently convicted on charges of assault, was yesterday fined US$300 by a Harare magistrate. He was convicted on Monday after being found guilty of verbally assaulting Russian national Tatiana Aleshina while at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts premises in November 2020. During the trial, the…
ZIMBABWE’s first independent television station, 3Ktv, is toasting to two years of non-stop live broadcasting today, as it continues to set the…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw PUBLIC Service Commission (PSC) employees, including ministry directors, signed integrity pledges yesterday as authorities bid to curb corruption in public offices. Last year, commissioners and other top managers of the PSC signed similar pledges to promote integrity, honesty, prudence, transparency, accountability and servant leadership, among a host of other values that the…
THE government of Zimbabwe is committed to the promotion of human rights by putting in place legal instruments and other measures, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been told. Speaking at the ongoing high-level segment of the 55th session of the UNHRC in Switzerland on Monday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the government…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday explained that the sugar content tax announced in the 2024 National Budget is for added sugar in specified beverages, excluding natural sugar. This comes as some stakeholders, including business, criticised the budget whose key elements include the introduction of a wealth tax, sugar tax on beverages, passport, toll fees and…
THE government has given millers the green light to import genetically modified (GMO) maize from South Africa, as authorities strive to ensure food security in the country. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Agriculture yesterday, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson, Tafadzwa Musarara, confirmed the development and also assured MPs that the maize…
