ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe this week confirmed Eddie Chibi was still the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its financial technology (fintech) businesses, following…
NEWLY-SWORN in chief magistrate Vongai Guwuriro has pledged to enhance public confidence and independence in the country’s justice delivery system. Addressing the media at State House in Harare yesterday after taking her oath of office before President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Guwuriro said her target was to create an environment that ensures the independence of the judiciary….
THE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) is optimistic about a good maize crop yield after its intervention helped farmers nationwide combat the armyworm infestation. ARDA board chairperson Ivan Craig yesterday urged farmers to continue monitoring their maize crops for signs of armyworms. “ARDA is looking forward to a good yield after our intervention helped…
By Brandon Josphat IN A significant development, the ruling Zanu PF has dropped its much-debated push to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s stay in office beyond 2028. In an interview with the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Zanu PF spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, confirmed last night that the party had ended its bid…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume was yesterday given an option of paying US$300 fine or serve three months in prison for lying under oath by the Harare Commission on Inquiry into suspected mismanagement and corruption at Town House. However, commission chairperson Justice Maphios Cheda wholly suspended the sentence on condition Mafume will not commit a similar…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw LENGTHY prison sentences — including life behind bars — will mitigate the country’s soaring murder and violent crime cases, authorities say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Rachel Muteweri, said there was no doubt that tough penalties for violent crimes and murder would…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 10 000 drug offenders were arrested across the country between September last year and January this year, the government has confirmed. Addressing the media at a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday the Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, said authorities also managed to destroy 79 illegal drug bases. “Cabinet considered an update…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is seeking US$23 million to complete the demining of 12 square kilometres of land, the last remaining area to be cleared in the country’s bid to be landmine-free by 2028. This goal is part of the country’s commitment to the Mine Ban Treaty, which aims to eradicate landmines globally. Initially, Zimbabwe…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF REPORTER josphatb@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yes- terday publicly dissociated himself from the business dealings of Wicknell Chivayo, saying he had absolutely nothing to do with the businessman’s lavish lifestyle. Answering questions at State House in Harare, during a lively two-hour meeting with editors from the public and private media, Mnangagwa also distanced…
STAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on the media industry to support the country’s economic trajectory Addressing editors from various media houses at State House in Harare, Mnangagwa emphasised the importance of informed reporting.“Our national media are part of our institutional identity markers; they must be sovereign and self-determining in thought, expression, and interests,”…
