Sindiso Mlophe and Jeffrey Mvundusi ALARM bells are ringing in government over the rapid surge of coronavirus infections in the country, which health experts warn could soon spiral out of control, the Daily News On Sunday reports. At the same time, there are also growing fears by authorities in Bulawayo that the country’s second city…
MARKETS are watching unfolding events closely after the court issued a surprise order empowering police to seize the data base and financial records of Econet subscribers. This follows yet to be tested accusations against one of the country’s biggest firms and corporate taxpayers that it has allegedly been engaging in money laundering. The court ordered…
ZIMBABWE’S hard-pressed industries have urged the government and other stakeholders in the information and communication technology sector to set up reliable infrastructure required for the country to boost economic growth. This comes as low levels of technology adoption in the country are limiting the potential for digital solutions in enhancing sustainable development. Henry Ruzvidzo, the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will tomorrow morning headline the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) webinar on the 2020 Mid-Term Budget Review. ANZ are the publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday. The discussion, to be live streamed on the Daily News Facebook page at 8.30am, will also feature Reserve Bank…
ETHICAL Leaf Tobacco, (ETL) one of the Zimbabwe’s major tobacco contract companies, has unveiled a $660 million input facility called the Gold Class Scheme for smallholders farmers in the country. The company says it hopes the scheme, which is entering its fourth running year and is said to be the largest indigenous input program,…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government stands accused of escalating its clampdown on critics ahead of the planned July 31 mass demonstrations, which have raised fears of potentially bloody clashes between protesters and security forces, the Daily News reports. This comes as suspected State security agents have been raiding the homes of…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned by the sharp increase in violence against women and children during Zimbabwe’s current national coronavirus lockdown, the Daily News reports. This comes as authorities are preparing to further tighten the lockdown, in the wake of rising…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MDC leader Thokozani Khupe scored another victory in the ongoing battle for the party after Parliament allowed her to choose a new National Assembly chief whip ahead of bitter rival Nelson Chamisa, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe and Chamisa have opened a new battlefront in their…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TOP lawyer Thabani Mpofu has described his on-going prosecution as abuse of authority by the Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi. Mpofu is accused of conniving with other lawyers Tapiwa Makanza and Joshuwa Chirambwe in creating a fictious person by the name Simbarashe Zuze and filing papers at the Constitutional Court challenging…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will on Monday headline the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) webinar on the 2020 Mid-Term Budget Review which he delivered on Thursday. ANZ are the publishers of the inimitable Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday. The discussion will be live streamed on the Daily News Facebook page on Monday…
