BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE LEADING property development firm, Pinnacle Properties, launched its eagerly-awaited multi-billion dollar housing scheme at a colurful ceremony in Harare on Friday. It was announced at the well attended event that all was on track for the unveiling of the first 250 000 stands of the housing project in the next few weeks,…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT PARLIAMENT has summoned minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube to bring a ministerial statement on why the country is witnessing closure of business entities. This comes as some companies are on the verge of shutting down owing to economic challenges in the country, while some have cut down salaries and retrenched employees. Speaking…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has, with immediate effect, increased transactional limits for all ZiG payments made through mobile or electronic funds transfer platforms. The central bank confirmed this on Friday in a statement, adding the new measures were meant to stabilise the ZiG. “The Reserve Bank wishes to advise the public that transactional…
BRANDON JOSPHAT Staff Writer GOVERNMENT says the two individuals who had contracted Mpox last month have recovered well, adding the country remained on high alert of the contagious disease. This comes after the two cas – es were recorded in Harare and Mberengwa last month. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, minister of…
Brandon Josphat and Blessings Mashaya THE Church is making a fresh push for all-inclusive national dialogue, to help heal divisions among Zimbabweans and foster more development in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), Wilfred Dimingo, also urged the country to consider postponing the 2028…
By Stella Madzivanyika GOVERNMENT has advised informal traders to insure their goods and properties with reputable insurance firms to guard against disasters. This follows the recent inferno outbreak at Mbare Musika traders’ market where thousands of informal traders lost their wares. Addressing the affected traders at an alternative trading site in the same suburb yesterday,…
By Brandon Josphat PARLIAMENTARIANS have bemoaned failure by the government to timeously pay their sitting allowances and avail fuel coupons, saying it is now compromising efforts to fulfil their mandate. Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Marondera Central Caston Matewu raised a point of national interest in the National Assembly on Thursday, saying the…
By Masimba Makwembere A DARK cloud has engulfed Kuwadzana 5 after all the seven people who died on Thursday morning in a horror accident along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway are residents of the same suburb. Kuwadzana 5 is part of the sprawling Kuwadzana high-density suburb located west of Harare. A kombi that they were travelling in…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man who allegedly raped his friend’s daughter, 14, at a funeral wake appeared in court on Thursday where he was remanded in custody. The minor girl later fell pregnant as a result of the rape. Tichaona Njanji appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. According to the State, in April 2024…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s electricity crisis is set to worsen over the coming weeks due to breakdowns at the key Hwange Power Station, vandalism and challenges associated with the onset of the wet season. Energy and Power Development minister, Edgar Moyo, told Parliament this week that Hwange’s older generators — 1 to 6…
