ZESA Holdings(Zesa) yesterday announced a surprise 60 percent power tariff cut on one of its bands for domestic electricity usage, the Daily News reports. Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), said it had reduced the last band of its domestic tariff from $16,50 per unit to $10,39 per unit, inclusive of…
THE High Court has freed the six people accused of using their business to facilitate illegal foreign currency transactions involving $5 billion. In the bail appeal ruling delivered by High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi yesterday, the companies Bailey Charamba Investments and Family First Choice Supermarket were excluded from the bail proceedings. He granted Simbarashe…
THE stage is set for bruising battles as the ruling Zanu PF conduct their much awaited district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) elections across eight provinces today. This comes as cracks have been widening in the ruling party ahead of the polls amid fears of factionalism rearing its 4ugly ahead again in Zanu PF. So tense are…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the release of her passport to allow her to receive urgent medical attention in South Africa, the Daily News reports. This comes after Marry was diagnosed with lymphoedema — a condition which her doctors describe as a build-up of fluids…
THE ruling Zanu PF said yesterday that it would deal ruthlessly with senior officials who interfere with its eagerly-awaited District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections to be held this weekend. This comes as war veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, this week called on Zanu PF leaders to deal firmly with troublemakers whom he…
CRIMINAL cases against politicians Job Sikhala, Jacob Ngarivhume and Godfrey Tsenengamu, who were accused of inciting public violence ahead of the foiled July 31 demonstrations, will spill into 2021. Sikhala and Ngarivhume were yesterday remanded to January 11 and 15 respectively. The State said it would avail them with trial dates when they appear in…
By Nyasha Dube THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is pushing for an electronic justice delivery system which will improve efficiency and help litigants access their files in a timely manner. In its strategic plan for 2021 to 2025 launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday, the JSC said it was finalising the development of an…
THE Ecobank Group has launched a programme for women-owned and women-focused businesses across its 33 markets, including Zimbabwe. The programme, which has been fittingly named Ellevate, has been designed to help women reach their full potential by empowering, growing and supporting them with customised financial and value-added solutions. In a statement, The Ecobank Group said…
FIREBRAND opposition grandee, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, has joined other MDC bigwigs in calling for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, to end the country’s myriad challenges. Speaking to the Daily News in an exclusive interview yesterday, the larger-than-life Zengeza West legislator said this new position was not a climbdown from his hawkish previous…
DOCTORS and nurses have raised alarm over the number of health workers who are contracting the lethal coronavirus due to lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), the Daily News reports. This comes as at least five nurses are said to have tested positive for the disease last week at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in…
