© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has officially notified Harare council that it would no longer release foreign currency (forex) for them to buy water chemicals and that the council has to compete on the interbank market for hard currency. [GoogleAd] Harare City Council (HCC) mayor Herbert Gomba told the Daily News on Sunday…
© IT is now six months since I started to write this column. As I reflect on the issues that I have debated, I am agonised by how much of what I warned against, has already, regrettably and unfortunately, been proven. [GoogleAd] The chickens have come home to roost, or are on their way home…
© GOVERNMENT has sensationally revealed that it has put up a cyber team to monitors social media abuses round the clock. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told Senators on Thursday that government is worried about the increase of social media abuses. [GoogleAd] “The ministry of ICT is coming up with the Cyber Bill and as the…
© FORMER MDC Women’s Assembly chairperson Lynnet Karenyi-Kore was elected one of the party’s vice presidents along with Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti at the just-ended party congress. The Daily News on Sunday’s Senior Writer Mugove Tafirenyika spoke to her on the congress and her new role. [GoogleAd] Q: You are one of the three…
© LOSING MDC Member of Parliament candidate for Mutare North Godfrey Munyamana’s freedom bid flopped on Friday after a Harare magistrate quashed his application where he sought acquittal. [GoogleAd] Munyamana is accused of defrauding his neighbour, Frank Humbe, of $380 000 after selling him his home which he later refused to vacate. Munyamana is charged…
© IT has often been said that honey bees are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat. Most crops grown for their fruits require pollination by insects. [GoogleAd] Without bees, vegetables such as potatoes, onion, beetroot, cabbage, bell peppers, coriander, marrow, carrots pumpkins, melons, okra, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumber, butternuts, and eggplant,…
© POLICE here have been out in full force and on high alert since Thursday in anticipation of a possible outbreak of violence. [GoogleAd] The immense reaction by the law enforcers came after social media was awash with messages from unidentified people calling for yet another round of national shutdown protests similar to the January…
© IT WAS a refreshing day for Zimbabweans after President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially launched the State Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) in Harare last Thursday. [GoogleAd] For many years, Praz’s predecessor the State Procurement Board (SPB) which was responsible for awarding all government tenders and procurement procedures had been marred in corruption scandals. There…
© A CONTROVERSIAL Harare preacher, who is cousin to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has sought audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, claiming he is being trailed by alleged State security agents. [GoogleAd] Talent Chiwenga, who is known for making uncanny prophecies about the country’s political leaders, wrote to Mnangagwa on Monday seeking to discuss — with…
© Dying while giving lifeA UNITED Nations Population Fund (UNFP) report revealed recently that approximately nine women in Zimbabwe die every day while giving birth. [GoogleAd] It also estimated that one in 10 adolescent girls aged between 15 and 19 give birth every year and many die or are injured in childbirth as their bodies…
