SUCCESS BANK says its loan book consists of over 98 percent of US-dollar loans, providing a solid cushion against inflationary pressures. The financial institution recorded a profit after tax of ZWG19,79 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. “The bank has been on a growth trajectory in the period under review regardless of the…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE government is distributing residential stands around the country to Members of Parliament, to “empower” them and to “lessen accommodation expenses for the fiscus”, officials confirmed yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF chief whip, Pupurai Togarepi, said the programme…
PARLIAMENT is on a fact-finding mission to establish the security of the country’s national points of entry amid reports of rampant smuggling of various goods including hard drugs and other substances. This comes as the government is working on introducing computerized and online border management systems at all points of entry to improve efficiency, eliminate…
Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have warned members of the public to be on high alert when responding to job offers and dating opportunities on social media. This comes as many desperate and unsuspecting people across the country have been scammed or subjected to sexual abuse by marauding cyber criminals. Speaking to the Daily…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Harare City Council (HCC) has deployed rapid response teams to Glen View after a vendor in the suburb contracted cholera this week. The unidentified man is admitted at the Harare council-run Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital. HCC epidemiologist Michael Vhere yesterday said the deployment of the council’s response teams…
THE United Nations (UN) and its organs have allocated a budget of around US$370 million to support various government programmes meant to…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw EXPERTS are pinning their hopes on the government’s plans to put in place a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to resuscitate the country’s ailing public sector medical services. But the jury is out whether the government, acting on its own, can be depended upon to effectively and optimally roll out…
THE Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) says the construction of the North-South Corridor road project phase two, which seeks to improve trade and connectivity in the Sadc region, is expected to be complete early next year. This comes as the government signed the US$17,4 million grant aid for phase two road improvements with JICA under…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has started to print its own child health cards following the failure by the ministry of Health to provide them. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, HCC health services director Prosper Chonzi said they had decided to print their own cards in response to the…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw VILLAGERS in the Himalaya area of Chimanimani West, in Manicaland, are living in fear of marauding hyenas which are targeting their easy prey livestock. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZimParks’ Chimanimani liaison officer, Kwashirai Dzoro, confirmed that a cackle of aggressive hyenas had become a huge menace in the area. This…
