ZB Financial Holdings’ after-tax profit for the half year to June increased 375 percent to $1 billion largely driven by non-funded income which grossed $1,8 billion. During the interim period, the group’s total income amounted to $2 billion. The improved profitability resulted in earnings per share increasing by 239 percent to $607 cents compared…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zwTHE government reiterated yesterday that only Zimbabweans could resolve the country’s myriad challenges, warning that it was futile for anyone to expect outsiders to lift the nation out of its current difficulties. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba said it was disconcerting to see…
AS ZIMBABWE begins to ease its coronavirus mitigation measures, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that it is dangerous for countries to open their economies without enough safeguards, the Daily News reports. The warning comes as the government is at odds with teachers who argue that the plans by authorities to re-launch class learning…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has set schools reopening dates for Cambridge and Zimsec examination classes at September 14 and 28 respectively, the Daily News reports. Schools were closed in March, shortly before President Emmerson Mnangagwa imposed a national coronavirus lockdown. Cases of the deadly disease have since surpassed 5 000 although…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictured, has filed for divorce from his wife Florence who is also former deputy prosecutor-general, after allegedly spending six years living separately and not enjoying conjugal rights. Ziyambi married Florence under the Marriages Act at Harare on December 26, 1993 and the marriage still subsists. In…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw IT IS critical that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF urgently lead efforts to address the country’s decades-long political crisis if the government is to have any chance of mitigating the economic pain of long-suffering Zimbabweans, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, they said without national…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS THE government prepares to open schools partially — on the back of falling coronavirus infections in the country — teachers say authorities are ill-prepared for the safe relaunch of learning, the Daily News reports. This comes as Cabinet has directed the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE government has withdrawn diplomatic passports issued to 21 MDC MPs recalled from Parliament as acting leader Thokozani Khupe continues to score victory after victory against Nelson Chamisa in the battle for control of the country’s biggest opposition party, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe has…
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that the country may this week be hit by violent thunderstorms in various provinces which could destroy the winter wheat crop, particularly in the south. In a statement at the weekend, the MSD said the storms, characterised by hail and light rains, will be a result of cool…
IN THE wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Agriculture Marketing Authority (Ama) has embarked on an ambitious digitalisation programme to effectively execute its mandate as set out in the Agricultural Marketing Act. Ama recently appointed Clever Isaya to spearhead the digital transformation of agriculture marketing in the country. Daily News on Sunday Senior Staff Write…
