Sindiso Mhlophe and Mugove Tafirenyika STAFF WRITERS PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came under fire for holding a mass gathering in Nyakomba Village in Nyanga, where he was commissioning a US$15 million pump house venture between Zimbabwe and Japan, barely 24 hours after banning public meetings of more than 100 people over the deadly coronavirus. …
THE government has offered former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko $765 706,58 as pension benefits against his US$320 000 demands. This comes after Mphoko approached the court declaring government’s decision to withhold his US$320 000 pension illegal and unconstitutional. In his application, Mphoko cited Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda,…
EMIRATES Airways has suspended flights between Harare-Lusaka-Dubai for the period March 20, 2020 to May 20, 2020, owing to the current challenging global environment. Globally, several airlines have grounded their flights due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has since been declared a global pandemic while others announced new flight reductions as more countries…
LOCAL authorities across the country are bracing for the coronavirus outbreak by intensifying preparedness and response measures despite Zimbabwe being in the clear for now, the Daily News reports. Harare City Council has partnered with Ecosure and distributed foot pedalled hand washing basins for the city’s busy areas to fight the spread of Covid-19, while Chitungwiza municipality…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday introduced a raft of measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the deadly coronavirus pandemic that is wreaking havoc around the world, the Daily News reports. Among the tough measures that he took were an immediate ban on all public gatherings of more than 100 people for the next 60…
THE United Kingdom (UK) will not bail out Zimbabwe until President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government embarks on comprehensive political and economic reforms, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe’s re-engagement efforts with Western powers appear to have hit a brick wall, after the United States of America, the European Union (EU) and the UK recently…
VOLATILITY of the local currency and the prevailing hyperinflationary environment have made it difficult to give a satisfactory valuation of listed companies, a new report has revealed. This comes as property valuers have been urged to revisit traditional valuation models as concerns have been raised over the huge variations on property values. According to real…
TWO travellers who were in isolation at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare over suspicions of having the coronavirus have tested negative, the Daily News reports. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared the deadly coronavirus a national emergency while suspending social gatherings of more than 100 people to mitigate the spread of the…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has reviewed its housing policy and immediately banned the selling of land through housing cooperatives following an upsurge of illicit housing deals with land barons being at the centre stage. According to the city fathers, the reviewed housing policy restores the city’s authority to service and sell land to individuals on…
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s lawyers have written to the registrar of the High Court, Don Ndirowei, seeking to have the politician’s matter — in which he is demanding an order directing the State to release his title deeds — heard by a judge other than Justice Edith Mushore. In the letter dated March…
