THE interim leadership of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) appears to have now firmly shut the door on Nelson Chamisa ever returning to the party. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid a renewed push to unite the country’s at-war opposition, acting CCC spokesperson Jacob Mafume confirmed that the party did not plan to…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw CONSUMERS want the government to make good on its promises to nail all those found undermining the ZiG. This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said last week that authorities were mulling the introduction of a slew of tough new measures to protect the ZiG, including jailing those convicted of sabotaging…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba on Sunday survived a road accident along the Harare-Chirundu highway. Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana yesterday confirmed the accident happened when Chigumba was travelling from Chinhoyi to Harare. “Yesterday (Sunday), Zec chairperson, Justice Chigumba, was involved in an accident on her way from…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it recently secured over 400 000 Euros from the Netherlands Embassy to rehabilitate its water projects. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting at the weekend, BCC engineering and sanitation director Sikhumbuzo Ncube said the city had reached out to various embassies and government ministries to secure financial assistance to alleviate…
BY RUTENDO NGARA HARARE magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday threw out of the window an application challenging placement on remand of a couple that allegedly defrauded vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Miniyothabo, of nearly US$1 million in three botched construction deals. Ndirowei dismissed the application made by Gray and Annavester Mudiwa who runs Gray Homes Construction…
SASAI MONEY TRANSFER, a business of Cassava Technologies and one of the fastest growing international money transfer operators, has partnered with Airtel Money to expand its offer of free remittances to more African markets. The zero fees initiative, which was first launched in May 2024 by Sasai Money Transfer in partnership with Econet in Zimbabwe,…
THE 114th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (Zas) ended on Saturday and was attended by thousands of show-goers with a record 560 local and foreign companies exhibiting. The week-long event was officially opened by President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the Daily News yesterday that the annual event was peaceful with low crime…
THE ruling Zanu PF and the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) support the call to register all political parties active in the country. The chief whips of the country’s two main political organisations confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they agreed with the call, although the CCC put in a caveat that any amendments…
By Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s first independent national television station, 3Ktv, has launched its eleventh season, which the channel says is “the…
POWER utility, Zesa, has issued an ultimatum to all companies to migrate from post-billing meters to prepayment systems by October 1 this year. This comes as Zesa is owed US$400 million by its customers which it said was exacerbating the country’s energy crisis. Among those who owe the power utility these huge sums are local…
