THE BULAWAYO City Council has appointed caretaker councillors for wards that were left vacant after interim MDC president Thokozani Khupe recalled the office bearers for not showing allegiance to her faction. In September, Khupe recalled eight Bulawayo councillors ― Tinashe Kambarami (ward 3), Concillia Mlalazi (ward 18), Earnest Rafamoyo (ward 20), Tinevimbo Maphosa (ward 21),…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasised the need for the Judiciary to prioritise the fight against corruption in order to restore public confidence in the legal system and promote development. Mnangagwa was addressing stakeholders in the justice delivery system at the launch of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) 2021 to 2025 Strategic Plan in the capital…
By Pepertua Rojasi BANKERS Association of Zimbabwe president Ralph Watungwa has assured depositors that their funds are in safe hands due to the current sound standing in the financial services sector, the Daily News reports. This comes as depositors are still sceptical of the banking sector following a number of financial crises that have rocked…
FIVE armed robbers ambushed and attacked a cash-in-transit vehicle carrying at least US$35 000 meant for a Mukuru outlet in Chivi on Monday in a daring heist that has left the police astonished. This comes as the police have in recent weeks been alerted to a number of heists involving cash-in-transit vehicles and violent home…
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahead of this weekend’s crucial district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Mutsvangwa urged Zanu PF to follow…
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, says authorities will step up the current crack down on individuals and companies that are moving large but unexplained sums of money, “until there is sanity in the economy”. Speaking at the Daily News’s 2021 national budget breakfast meeting in Harare on Monday, the…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Godknows Matarutse THE government has reviewed some of the country’s Covid-19 regulations, including adjusting upwards the opening times of restaurants and allowing a maximum of 100 people at all gatherings, the Daily News reports. Speaking during a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, said because of the different…
ORGANISERS of the Post-National Budget Business Breakfast Forum, which was headlined by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya last Monday, have described the event as an “unqualified success.” The Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) – publishers of the Daily News and the Daily News on Sunday- hosted…
VENDORS and informal traders here have been urged to consider uniting in importing or exporting their products, as part of cutting costs in the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as the government yesterday officially opened the country’s borders to allow people to enter or exit Zimbabwe provided that they produce Covid-19 free…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured Zimbabweans that his government will maximise efforts to curb HIV/Aids prevalence by improving health service delivery. Mnangagwa made the remarks during a State of the Nation Address to mark global commemorations of the World Aids Day yesterday, with Zimbabwe recording significant improvements in suppressing new infections, provision of antiretroviral…
