THE government asserted yesterday that the Zimbabwe dollar, and not the American greenback, would remain as the country’s main currency, as authorities strive to revive the economy and improve the lives of long-suffering citizens. Speaking at a well-attended Daily News post-Budget breakfast meeting in Harare, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, said what had happened during the…
THE estranged and ailing wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry, was yesterday taken to the Harare Magistrates’ Courts in an ambulance for the cancellation of two warrants of arrest that had been issued against her, the Daily News reports. The warrants had been issued earlier in the morning by regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna, after…
ZIMBABWEAN businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi is taking the SA Revenue Service (Sars) to court, claiming it confiscated Kruger gold coins worth an estimated R600m, personal jewellery, watches and cellphones from him. The goods were attached during a raid in October on the Hyde Park, Johannesburg, house of Sadiqi’s girlfriend, Melinda Busi Dube. This was revealed…
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says there is need to be more vigilant when it comes to ensuring citizens are protected from cyber criminals. Speaking at the Computer Society of Zimbabwe ICT summit in Nyanga at the weekend, Muswere said the government is working tirelessly to protect people from different online scams…
ZIMBABWE will record a trade surplus for the second year running, after recording a threefold-increase in its current account to US$939 million in the first nine months of the year, Finance and Economic Development minister, Mthuli Ncube has said. During the same period last year, the trade surplus stood at US$319,9 million. Ncube told legislators…
INTERIM MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora, says he is willing to work with both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his former ally-turned rival, Nelson Chamisa, to help end Zimbabwe’s myriad and decades-long challenges, the Daily News reports. Launching his presidential bid for the country’s main opposition party at the weekend, Mwonzora also said if he wins…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is also now going after the assets of deceased criminals whose source of wealth cannot be explained, the Daily News reports. This comes as the anti-graft body is intensifying its campaign to combat sleaze in the country, which has seen it arresting many people on corruption charges, including Cabinet ministers,…
THE Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has called on the Mines ministry to come up with stricter regulations on disused mines to avoid unnecessary deaths, the Daily News reports. There has been an influx of illegal miners invading abandoned mines in search of gold, but some have tragically lost their lives after the shafts collapsed….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home town of Kwekwe came to a standstill on Friday as scores of Zanu PF supporters thronged the city centre to celebrate the release from jail of suspected machete gang leader, Tapiwa Muto, the Daily News reports. Muto, 36, who is Zanu PF youth league secretary for education for Midlands Province…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw Media from across the South African region experienced Galileo, Huawei’s immersive exhibition hall that explains 5G technology and its benefits. This was the second time in two months that over 35 media houses from across sub-Saharan Africa attended the virtual tour and picked up rare insights into 5G innovation and…
