Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw GRAY Homes’ owners, Annavester and Gary Mudiwa, who allegedly duped Vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s wife Miniyothabo of US$1 million, appeared in court yesterday facing seven more fraud counts. They were denied bail by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa for allegedly defrauding Chiwenga before being slapped with fresh fraud charges yesterday at the Harare Magistrates…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says the signing of integrity pledges by public officials is working wonders in exposing corruption in the country as cases are now being widely reported. This comes as the government has made it mandatory for all public officials, including ministers and permanent secretaries, to sign integrity…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s legal and administration departments will this week receive all the resolutions passed by its 10 provinces ahead of the party’s annual conference in Bulawayo next month. The resolutions include the much-debated party call for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond the expiry of his constitutionally mandated second…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH authorities have warned individuals and organisations offering services of full body scans using dubious magnetic resonance machines saying they are violating the law and exposing the public to possible health dangers. This comes amid a proliferation of unqualified individuals and organisations which are offering free full body scans across the…
MANY desperate Bulawayo residents are resorting to relieving themselves outdoors as a result of the city’s water crisis. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting at the weekend, the chairperson of the Residents Charter Africa Initiative, Thamsanqa Ndlovu, said they had encountered many cases of residents defecating in the open because there was no water to flush…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO couples who adopted two minor children approached the High Court seeking the superior court to compel the registrar general and the ministry of Home Affairs to have their details included on the minors’ birth certificates had their application dismissed. The applicants are Taonga Edson Masendeke and his wife Fortune as…
PARLIAMENT is considering coming up with legislation that protects the country’s medicinal flora amid increasing international and local demand for them. This comes as ordinary Zimbabweans are flooding traditional herbal markets, as prices of prescription drugs spike and the public health delivery system deteriorates at an alarming rate under pressures from a relentless economic crisis….
ZIMBABWE’s equities market is set to close the year in the positive with gains expected in both the local bourses, research firm FBC Securities predicts. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) got on to a difficult start to the year owing to a serious devaluation of the local currency which…
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has opened its network up to private players, including a unit of South Africa’s Grindrod, as it…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE AUTHORITIES must take the lead in building more confidence in the ZiG by collecting all their taxes and tariffs in the local currency. So says the chief executive of the CEO Africa Roundtable, Kipson Gundani, who adds that the contentious Intermediated Monetary Tranfer Tax (IMTT) is also weighing down organised business in…
