© BUSINESSMAN James Makamba has won the Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Telecel) shares ownership battle after the High Court dismissed an application by a war veteran-based organisa- tion, Magamba Echimurenga Housing Trust. In the ruling handed down on October 18, High Court judge Edith Mushore threw out the application with costs. [GoogleAd] “Whereupon, after reading…
EDITOR — Soon after he was helped by the army into office, President Emmerson Mnangagwa embarked on an offensive to meet various stakeholders of Zimbabwe: chiefs, churches and many others. Everyone thought he had a heart for the people. Among his meetings was one with institutions of higher education. [GoogleAd] One would have thought he…
© INTERNATIONALLY- RENOWNED tradi- tional musician Am- buya Stella Chiweshe got a surprise present at the just-ended Women Wine and Words Festival in Harare. The Germany-based mbira singer was in the country as a guest at the festival. Progress Nyandoro, 21, a Harare-based visual artist, took to the stage to present a surprise gift in…
© MORE than 15 cases of diarrhoea have been recorded in the capital’s high density suburbs, including Glen View and Mufakose, where there are acute water shortages, the Daily News can report. Harare City Council Health Services director Prosper Chonzi said yesterday council had dispatched teams to monitor the situation in affected areas. “We have…
© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday came up with a raft of measures to improve liquidity and ramp up production, moves meant to improve the country’s economy, which is in a comatose state. Among the measures aimed at arresting the liquidity crunch is to inject fresh cash into circulation….
© THERMAL plants will not be decommissioned until the electricity situation eases, Energy minister Fortune Chasi has said. This comes as the country is facing severe power outages attributed to antiquated equipment at power stations and low water levels at Kariba, resulting in low generation. [GoogleAd] Some of the plants, according to the Zimbabwe Power…
© THE state of Harare’s roads has deteriorated since the takeover of the vehicle licensing portfolio by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) which has disbursed only $13 million this year for roads rehabilitation. According to mayor Herbert Gomba, Zinara has failed to ad- equately fund road maintenance since it took over the collection of…
© HARARE City Council has received $17,9 million from the Devolution Fund, mayor Herbert Gomba has said. Gomba said council re- ceived $15 million to improve infrastructure for Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and $2,9 million to rehabilitate water filters at Morton Jaffray water treatment plant. [GoogleAd] The disbursement came from the $310 million facility that…
© ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC)’s electricity pre-paid vending system has been down since the weekend, leaving many consumers stranded. Several customers were failing to purchase pre- paid electricity tokens on electronic platforms while those who managed to do so did not receive vouchers. [GoogleAd] ZETDC, a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings (Zesa), said…
© POLITICAL parties and pressure groups in the region have expressed scepticism over government’s decision to decentralise the electronic recruitment of nurses, a development that will see provincial and central hospitals selecting their own students beginning next year. [GoogleAd] This comes after an outcry over the selection of the recent intake, with allegations that some…
