MISSING political activist Itai Dzamara’s wife, Sheffra, has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking him to resolve her husband’s five-year abduction case. The letter, written yesterday, came at a time when the European Union also pleaded with Mnangagwa to bring finality to the Dzamara issue. Dzamara was abducted by suspected State security agents on March…
Australia’s privacy regulator is taking Facebook to court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Facebook had seriously infringed the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians. The social media giant left personal data “exposed to be sold and used for… political profiling”. The scandal involved harvested Facebook data of…
Amazon is offering its till-less technology to other High Street shops, just over two years after launching it via its own Go Grocery chain. Go Grocery shoppers scan a smartphone app as they arrive, allowing them to pay via their main Amazon accounts. It has now adapted its Just Walk Out system for other retailers…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe’s target to reduce annual inflation to 50 percent by the end of the year from 500 percent in December 2019 is achievable. IMF’s representative Patrick Imam, however, said the central bank should exercise financial discipline to achieve this feat. “Yes, technically it’s absolutely feasible,” he said in an…
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has urged the government to heed International Monetary Fund (IMF) which recently warned against borrowing to finance another debt. In addition to slamming the government for failing to implement reforms meant to address external debt, to improve the foreign exchange market and to promote international re-engagements, the…
BUSINESSES have been urged to invest in solar energy to beat the electricity crisis which is crippling the country’s industrial and manufacturing sectors. Prolonged power cuts have forced several companies that cannot afford powerful generators to significantly cut production hours, with many small and large businesses turning to solar energy to try and overcome the…
THE government says the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) are not doing enough to bring to book high profile people accused of corruption. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana said the current efforts against the high levels of corruption in the country, while commendable…
A third case of coronavirus has been confirmed in South Africa by the minister of Health Zweli Mkhize. In a statement released yesterday, Mkhize confirmed that the wife of the country’s first coronavirus case has tested positive for Covid-19. “Fellow South Africans, an announcement was made yesterday confirming the second case of COVID-19 in South…
MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who was recently cleared of treason charges, has said Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi does not have any prospect of succeeding in his intended Supreme Court appeal against the acquittal. This comes after Hodzi, through Justin Uladi, who is an acting national director of public prosecutors, sought leave to appeal against High…
GOKWE Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena has come to the rescue of more than 1 000 stranded students in his constituency by splashing $1 million on their Ordinary (O) and Advanced (A) level examination fees. This comes as the feisty youthful MP has often been criticised for driving expensive cars such as his swanky…
