THE late football fanatic and life president of the Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association (ZNSSA) Eddie ‘Mboma’ Nyatanga was laid to rest at Glen Forest cemetery in the capital yesterday. Scores of mourners from a cross section of the local football fraternity turned up to pay their last respects to the man who was also…
By Anesu Mirisawu and Progress Chaya IN a sizzling hot performance that left the packed 4500-seater Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) begging for more, music sensations Winky D and Jah Prayzah proved that even the chilliest of winter nights can’t stop the fire of Zimbabwean music. The event, Redifined Concert, was organised by Gateway Stream…
FORMER Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira has been acquitted of US$95 million fraud allegations by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna. Mupfumira was facing allegations that before the 2018 general elections she unlawfully handpicked Drawcard Enterprises to undertake a housing project, Mzenya, in Gweru on behalf of the National Social Security Authority (Nssa). Nssa fell under her…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say the move to quarantine the over US$100 million outstanding Dutch foreign currency auction system payments is meant to stabilise the foreign exchange and prices of basic commodities. The operations of the auction system were suspended late last year. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) made a decision that the…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) is working to ensure that the law allows its regulatory scope to go beyond medicines to include other equipment such as syringes. Addressing the media on the side-lines of a stakeholders meeting last week, MCAZ acting director general Farai Masekela said regulating all medical devices would help local…
AUTHORITIES must do more to foster heightened economic development in the country and wider use of the ZiG. So says the president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), Denford Mutashu, who adds that that many people in the country were yet to see and use ZiG notes and coins. Speaking on Thursday night on…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A MAN from Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, was arraigned before the court over the weekend for allegedly selling a non-existing piece of land for US$66 000. The man, Peter Rupiya, 65, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud charges. He was granted US$100 bail and remanded to July 19 for…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has come up with a US$4 million waste management budget that will see it procuring 45 refuse…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw FINANCIAL service provider Nedbank has come up with projects for Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors who live at a safe shelter in Makonde, Chinhoyi, which include poultry and market gardening. Speaking to the Daily News after the handover ceremony of the projects at the weekend, Nedbank executive head of treasury, marketing and…
SIX people perished while several others were injured in three separate road traffic accidents that occurred on Friday and Saturday across the country. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the first accident happened when a vehicle hit a child who was riding a bicycle resulting in the Nissan Caravan veering off the road and…
