SIMBISA Brands (Simbisa) says it will continue to expand its store network and maintain market share through a new store pipeline of 61 outlets across the companyoperated markets for the full year to June 30, 2026. The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange-listed group said during the year ended June 30, 2025, it continued to grow with…
BRANDON JOSPHATChief Writer AUHORITIES will crank up their ongoing clampdown on all the people who are in possession of illegal firearms in the country. In addition, police also warn that those people who don’t surrender such weapons during the current 30-day presidential firearms amnesty, which ends on October 24, will only have themselves to blame…
POLICE have made a breakthrough in the murder case of prominent businessman, Joseph Mutangadura, who was killed by armed thugs in August this year. It emerged yesterday that law enforcement agents had arrested a suspect in the brutal killing in Gweru — one of the seven villains who took part in the attack. Mutangadura was…
GOVERNMENT officials say they are engaging with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over reports that women are paying bribes to access maternal health services in public medical institutions. Allegations suggest that women across the country were being forced to pay bribes to access essential maternal healthcare. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, the minister…
By Tapiwa ChirumeStaff Writer THE Harare City Council (HCC) has issued a stern warning to the public over a land scam involving council owned land in Borrowdale’s Quinnington area along Walton Drive where fraudsters are reportedly selling plots illegally. The municipality raised the red flag after an advertisement, widely circulated on social media and other…
HEALTH authorities at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have called for urgent supervision of breastfeeding practices to reduce preventable neonatal deaths. This comes after authorities recently revealed that newborn babies account for half of the deaths of children under five years old. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday on the sidelines of a stakeholders…
AUTHORITIES are currently engaging with mining companies, smelters, and manufacturers to align grid expansion plans and ensure reliable and affordable power is available in the country. Speaking in South Africa on Wednesday during the ongoing African Energy Week, Energy minister July Moyo said investors in renewable energy need to see long-term agreements, respect for contracts,…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are expediting the crafting of a new law that will protect whistleblowers and witnesses who expose corruption, as the push to strengthen the war against rampant graft in the country escalates. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the spokesperson of the…
By Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has admitted that the council is failing to deliver basic services, including the modernisation of public libraries and the provision of free Wi-Fi, blaming a lack of initiative within council departments. Speaking during a full council meeting on Thursday, Mafume called the city’s lack of…
PARLIAMENT has warned that deep-seated problems at the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) pose a serious threat to the integrity of the country’s education system. This comes as Zimsec has been going all out to tighten the noose on exams’ cheats, following years of leakages of test papers and cases of corruption among some of…
