PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week exempted a total of 21 parastatals and State-owned companies from the requirements of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act. The Act allows Mnangagwa after consulting with the Procurement Regulating Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) to exempt any public entity from application of the Act. In a general notice…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week said both monetary and fiscal policies authorities were working day and night to come up with new measures to shore up the economy and ensure there is price stability and firming of local currency against the coveted United States (US) dollar. This came on the backcloth of the continued slump…
By Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw AWARD-WINNING stand-up comedian Doc Vikela says Zimbabwean stand-up comedians must take the recent snub by the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) as a challenge to improve their craft. This comes as the country’s premier arts awards honours did not nominate any joker in the Outstanding Comedian category. Doc Vikela, who…
By Ashley Moyo AWARD-WINNING music producer Simbarashe “Cymplex” Moyo has dropped a 52-track track riddim which features some of the country’s top musicians. Titled Sounds of Africa, the riddim features music stars such as Freeman, Mbeu, Nox, Andy Muridzo, Master H, Sniper Storm, Silent Killer, Van Choga, Uncle Epatan, Hwinza and Celscius. Cymplex told the…
THE ongoing water crisis in Bulawayo has exposed the city council’s management after it emerged that only one water bowser is currently operational to supply residents who are in dire need of the precious liquid. The local authority has since the introduction of the 120-hour water shedding regime last year been resorting to using bowsers…
THE government has set new minimum guidelines for the licensing of nightclubs which include that buildings should be fully soundproofed so that operations do not affect residential homes. This comes amid an increase in the number of liquor outlets in Central Business Districts and suburbs as well as rampant drug and substance abuse countrywide. In…
SEBASTIEN Haller was the hero for Ivory Coast again as the Elephants came from behind to beat Nigeria and win the 2023…
By Cloud Fusire fusirec@dailynews.co.zw A FIFA delegation of engineers led by Cemil Nadir Sahin will visit Harare on February 21 to certify…
PLANS are at an advanced stage by the government to introduce a disability commission that will deal with human rights and freedoms of persons living with disability. In a Government Gazette published on Friday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the proposed commission would be made up of seven members. “This Bill seeks to provide for…
A SUSPECTED rapist, who was identified by his victim during a police identification parade, appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court on Friday. Godknows Mafunga, 24, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei who remanded him in custody. Mafunga will return to court on February 28 for the provision of his trial date. The State is…
