FINANCIAL services institution, Stanbic Bank, last year availed US$100 million towards the mining sector. Stanbic Bank chief executive Solomon Nyanhongo told attendees at the recently-held Chamber of Mines event that the institution has supported several mining projects from inception, providing tailored financial solutions that enable their projects to overcome significant hurdles. “In 2023 alone we…
Ashley MoyoSENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITERmoyoa@dailynews.co.zw MUSIC Star Jah Prayzah is set to spice up this year’s edition of the exciting horse race event — OK Grand Challenge — at the Borrowdale Racecourse in the capital tomorrow. The lanky Uzumba-born artiste is not new to the OK Grand Challenge as he was one of the headliners at…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES yesterday confirmed that Zimbabwean citizens living in South Africa will from next month start applying for Zimbabwe identity documents (IDs) in that country. Speaking in Harare at a handover of vehicles to the immigration department, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the training of officers from the Registrar General’s Office, to…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FOUR suspected robbers who were seeking the State to furnish them with post-mortems of their accomplices who died in a police shootout last year had their application dismissed at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. The suspects are three South Africans, Ndiafhi Makhado, 39, Andrew Masubelele, 38, Emmanuel Makamo 22, and a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promoted 67 senior police officers to various ranks, including deputy commissioner generals, upon retirement Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the development, saying six commissioners had been elevated to the deputy commissioners generals. “The Commissioner-General of Police, Godwin Matanga, advises the public that … Mnangagwa has promoted senior officers upon retirement….
FOUR people died when a Tenda bus collided with a haulage truck and a Phils and Pats bus yesterday near Mutangadura along the Harare-Mutare highway. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the Tenda bus was on its way to Mutare, while Phils and Pats bus was heading to Harare. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) confirms…
TWO Plumtree men were this week sentenced to a combined 40-year jail term after they were convicted of gang-raping a 79-year-old grandmother after one of them was arrested while sleeping in the complainant’s bedroom. They appeared before the Plumtree Magistrates’ Court. The two men, aged 23 and 21, were convicted after a full trial of…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HEAVY countrywide load-shedding has returned with a vengeance, due in part to maintenance works at the key Hwange Thermal Power Station. This comes as most of Zimbabwe has been enjoying improved power supply over the past few months after the coming on stream of Hwange’s new units 7 and 8. It…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN A welcome development, traders and ordinary consumers will be able to withdraw cash at Homelink branches as from next week. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to promote the wider availability and use of the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). It also comes amid growing…
By Emmanuel Marambe ONE of Harare province’s representatives in the upcoming Technical Education Sports Association of Zimbabwe’s ZTISU Games, Harare Polytechnic recently got a shot in the arm from local sports apparel supplier, Ideal Sports, who donated new volleyball kits. Harare Polytechnic are one of two polytechnical colleges – the other one being Masvingo Polytechnic,…
