© THE National Electoral Commission of Namibia has invited the country’s citizens residing in Zimbabwe for supplementary voter registration at the country’s embassy in Harare. [GoogleAd] In a press statement, the commission advised that the registration process was scheduled to begin yesterday (Monday) and would end on July 27. “All Namibian citizens in the Republic…
© FIRE stations here are battling a critical shortage of staff, which has hamstrung their response to emergences.So bad is the situation that Nkulumane Fire Station has mothballed, with no fire equipment and only one staff member remaining to attend to emergence calls. [GoogleAd] With only Famona, Nketa and Northend operational, the city fathers have…
© RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday said the persistent fuel shortages were no longer just about the shortages of foreign currency (forex). [GoogleAd] The RBZ boss said while the country is still grappling with forex shortages, the absence of fuel at some pump stations was a result of operators who do…
© FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday set the cat among the pigeons by urging companies in the private sector to follow government’s example by raising salaries for their employees in order to keep them going. [GoogleAd] Ncube told guests at an oversubscribed Daily News Business Breakfast Forum held in the capital yesterday that inflation has…
© GOVERNMENT is in the process of reviewing upwards tax threshold in a bid to cushion workers from the high cost of living. Speaking at the Daily News Business Breakfast Forum yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said it would be absurd to continue taxing people at current thresholds. [GoogleAd] “The question about Pay As You…
© GOVERNMENT has urged captains of industry to invest more in production, while also exorcising the lack of confidence seen as the biggest hurdle towards the country’s attainment of vision 2030. [GoogleAd] Speaking during the Daily News Business Breakfast Forum yesterday, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya described confidence as the biggest currency…
© THE RECENTLY gazzetted Freedom of Information Bill falls far short of stakeholders and citizens’ expectations of a democratic access to information law, media watchdogs contend. [GoogleAd] They argue that few of the recommendations submitted by civil society and other access to information activists were incorporated into the gazetted Bill, hence this shatters government’s narrative…
© TALENTED vocalist and urban groover Tererai Mugwadi has made a shock announcement that she is quitting singing. Tererai made a post on her official Facebook page in which she claimed showbiz “does not love me”. “I never thought I would ever find myself facing such a day. Music and me have been besties since…
© TEACHERS are demanding a $4 000 salary to cushion them from inflation following the ban of the US dollar by the Finance minister last month. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) secretary-general Tapson Sibanda told the Daily News that as teachers their push ever since has been a demand to be paid in US$ and…
© ZESA Holdings (Zesa) will have to wait a little longer before it can engage South African power utility Eskom on whether it can resume pumping 450MW onto Zimbabwe’s national grid. Eskom is currently exporting just 50MW to Zimbabwe after Zesa had accrued a US$40 million debt that it was failing to service, resulting in…
