BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE THE government has warned the business community against circumventing due processes by using unscrupulous dealers to obtain import licences. The ministry of Industry said it had observed that dealers were charging extra for import licences after getting them at a stipulated price. “All importers are hereby urged to observe proper procedures for…
ZIMBABWE joined the rest of the globe on Friday to commemorate World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) with the government committing to eradicate…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA WAR veterans minister Monica Mavhunga on Friday said the government is committed to improving the welfare of the country’s former liberation war fighters and heroes’ dependents. Addressing delegates at the first quarterly meeting of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle and Heroes Dependents Assistance Board in the capital, Mavhunga stated that the…
BY BRANDON JOSPHATSenior Staff Writer HARARE is set to host the Africa-Nordic Foreign ministers meeting next year as the country scales up its engagement and re-engagement efforts. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa pronounced the foreign policy direction that Zimbabwe would be taking, that is, continuation of its policy of affirmation, engagement and re-engagement. The…
DELTA Corporation has embarked on a smart drinking and moderation innovation campaign aimed at solving the challenge of drugs and substance abuse in communities. The campaign that was launched recently would see tertiary students who attended a boot camp organised by Delta embarking on awareness campaigns and roll out innovative models to address drug, substance…
THE acting leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube, has smoked a peace pipe with Sengezo Tshabangu. CCC spokesperson, Nqobizitha Mlilo, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that the party had now accepted that Tshabangu was its interim secretary-general. “We have been talking to Tshabangu since we took over … and we…
A SUSPECTED bogus lawyer who allegedly duped a client at Harare Magistrates’ Courts after misrepresenting himself as a practicing lawyer has been granted U$100 bail. Wesley Jena, 39, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud charges and was remanded to May 31 for provision of trial date. Jena was ordered to reside at his given…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw COMMERCE Veritas director Martin Tsvarai Mutenda (55), who was arrested for allegedly defrauding the late Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza’s wife, Lilian, of US$2 million, has been further remanded in custody. Lilian is also late. Mutenda appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday facing fraud charges and he was remanded to Monday…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the Zimbabwe Defence Forces should embrace technology in order to enhance its effectiveness and operations across the country. Speaking during the commissioning parade of the regular officer cadet course 3/39/22 at the Zimbabwe Military Academy (ZMA) in Gweru yesterday, Mnangagwa said members of the security forces should…
SUNGURA ace Alick Macheso has moved the launch date of his forthcoming album from June 7 to August 2 due to the possibility of bad weather. The postponement comes as the Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has warned of an increase in the number of people catching influenza and other respiratory conditions as the weather transitions…
