A HARARE school director, who was recently sentenced to 36 months in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping one of his employees, has approached the High Court seeking to appeal against both the conviction and sentence. Leonard Chiwaya was last month convicted of kidnapping and was sentenced to an effective 24 months in prison…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says a shortage of staff is hindering its operations across the country. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden yesterday, Ema director general Aaron Chigona said the shortage of manpower was hampering its work in regularising mining activities and promoting responsible…
CHINA is getting a head start in the global rush for lithium after several mining companies completed multimillion-dollar processing plants for the “white gold”…
By Progress Chaya ZIMBABWEAN model Nokutenda Shekinah Marumbwa found the going tough at the Miss World pageant held in Mumbai, India on Saturday night where she failed to make it into the top 12. The 71st Miss World beauty pageant was won by Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic, with Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon coming…
By Mkhuseli Vimba THE state has a duty to prosecute the gross human rights violations committed during the apartheid era. The South…
OUR sister paper, the Daily News On Sunday, yesterday ran a shocking article in which the Consumers Protection Commission (CPC) confirmed that it had fined over 2 000 shops for selling expired or sub-standard goods. This is for the period since April last year when the commission started operating. However, for the love of quick…
LEADING clothing retailer, Edgars Stores, says it is on the rebound as it seeks to reclaim its space and become a shopper’s choice despite the mushrooming of boutiques across the country. This was confirmed by the Edgars group chief executive officer, Sevious Mashosho, at the opening of a new clothing retail outlet at Ascot Stores…
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers Association (CZR) has raised concern over high licencing fees, which they say are a major contributor to rising prices of goods and services in the country. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, CZR president Denford Mutashu bemoaned how high licencing fees were impacting their operations.“One of the key…
ZIMBABWE will continue to implement needed political and economic reforms for the benefit of its people, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the United States of America imposed fresh sanctions on 11 locals last week — citing alleged corruption, as well as the political and human rights situation…
ZANU PF has won two local government seats that were contested in weekend’s by-elections. The two by-elections were held following the recall of former Harare mayor and ward 36 councillor Lovejoy Chitengu, while the ward 4 Chinhoyi municipality vacancy occurred as a result of the setting aside of the declared 2023 harmonised elections result by…
