By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are engaging all key stakeholders, including business, in a bid to ensure that consumers continue to enjoy relatively stable prices of basic goods. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Industry minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu said their goal was to see to it that all the factors that had caused prices to…
THE government is reviewing fining ZiG manipulators and perpetrators of unjust price hikes to a maximum of US$5 000. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere while addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare last night. “Penalties are being enforced against all perpetrators of unjust price hikes, manipulation of the ZiG currency, smuggling, and…
HARARE City Council (HCC) is running its day-to-day operations without an electronic management system (EMS) and its properties are maintained manually, a senior official has confirmed. This comes as the local authority is struggling to offer efficient service delivery to its ratepayers and over 2 000 properties are not properly registered resulting in corrupt practices….
HIGHER and Tertiary Education deputy minister Simelisizwe Sibanda who was reinstated recently after he was fired for misconduct says he has learnt his lesson and he will not repeat the same mistake. President Emmerson Mnangagwa had fired Sibanda after he was caught in the eye of a storm following his interrogation of a Shona-speaking female…
BY RUTENDO NGARA ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE State led by prosecutor Anesu Chirenje says it is investigating the alleged torture of four human rights activists when they were arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport last week. The four, Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza, Samuel Gwenzi and Vusimuzi Moyo are facing disorderly conduct charges. “It is our view…
TRENDSETTING Westprop Holdings is introducing the first ever apartments north of Harare Drive at the US$4 billion Pomona City, dubbed “a city…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AMID the escalating push within Zanu PF for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says this could indeed come to pass. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ziyambi said if the majority of Zimbabweans wanted to extend Mnangagwa’s tenure in power beyond 2028, then…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is pushing hard to improve its service delivery to its residents. In this regard, the second city’s leaders announced at the weekend that they had engaged four companies to tackle the perennial sewer challenges that affect many residents. BCC representative, Sehlile Ndlovu, confirmed during a meeting with residents that the local…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday assured Zimbabweans that there was nothing that will stop Zimbabwe from hosting this month’s Sadc Summit in a fortnight. This comes as the country is set to host the 44th Sadc Summit and assume the regional body’s chairmanship. Speaking at the burial of the late national hero Makhethi Ndebele at the…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to account for revenue generated by some of its subsidiaries. This comes as the local authority is struggling to offer efficient service delivery to ratepayers. Giving oral evidence before the retired Justice Maphios Cheda-led commission of inquiry yesterday, HCC’s finance director Godfrey Kusangaya said only…
