Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER THE minister of Home Affairs minister, Kazembe Kazembe, yesterday issued a notice banning alcoholic drinks manufactured using ethanol, popularly referred in the streets as “kambwa or musombodhiya”. He made the announcement in the Government Gazette. “The minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, in terms of Section 8(2) of the Harmful…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged war veterans to guard against “malcontents bent on advancing neo-colonialism interests”. He said this while addressing thousands of former freedom fighters in Harare at the launch of the Presidential War Veteran’s Empowerment Revolving Fund, where he donated US$2 million. Mnangagwa said Zanu PF members and war veterans needed to remain…
Rutendo Ngara A DOMBOSHAVA man, Succeed Mukaro, was yesterday sentenced to two effective years in jail by Harare provincial magistrate Ethel Chichera for stealing mobile phones valued at US$15 000 from an upmarket shop owned by Miniyothabo Chiwenga, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Mukaro was convicted of unlawful entry. In handing down the…
A HIGH-LEVEL third summit on microfinance technology is set to be held in Harare next week where key stakeholders will brainstorm on various issues, including improving customer service and growing cybersecurity threats. It would be a premier gathering of top microfinance professionals, financial innovators, technology leaders, and policymakers from across Africa and beyond under the…
Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also the Sadc chairperson, yesterday described the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu as a dedicated “servant and an astute leader” who pushed the interests of the people. Lungu died on Thursday at the age of 68 at a medical centre in South Africa. In his condolence message…
NEWS EDITOR tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw IT IS crucial that the government acts decisively against pervasive corruption in the country, the United States of America ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, has reiterated. Speaking during her country’s early Independence Day celebrations in Harare on Wednesday, Tremont said corruption was depriving Zimbabweans a better life, while also hampering foreign investment…
Mishma Chakanyuka PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has bemoaned the Harare waste collection crisis, saying the behaviour has to end forthwith as it impacts the public negatively. Speaking during the commissioning of the Geo Pomona Waste Management sorting plant and refuse collection trucks in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the waste crisis has had “dire consequences, ranging from…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has been quietly building a 5-MW capacity data centre in Harare, with corporate clients set to be onboarded by the end of this month. Many large companies are already preparing to use the facility, which was designed and built with the assistance of Africa Data Centres (ADC), the largest operator of data centres in…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A DOMBOSHAVA man, Succeed Mukaro, has been convicted of stealing mobile phones valued at US$15 000 from an upmarket shop owned by Miniyothabo Chiwenga, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Mukaro appeared before provincial magistrate Ethel Chichera yesterday and pleaded guilty to unlawful entry. He is set to be…
SOUTHERN EDITOR THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Welshman Ncube says it will go ahead with its planned September elective congress notwithstanding the internal strife ravaging the party. This comes as the party has split into three factions with two others led by Sengezo Tshabangu, who asserts himself as the CCC interim…
