Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, who are in remand prison over alleged fraud charges, yesterday appeared in court facing fresh US$9 million fraud allegations. In the latest charge, the State is accusing the two, who are owners of Juluka Ennd Joint Venture, of allegedly forging the company’s documents…
BUY Zimbabwe has called on authorities to relook at the country’s cost of doing business to ensure local products become competitive in the region and beyond. This comes as the country is hosting the ongoing Sadc Industrialisation Week. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Buy Zimbabwe general manager Alois Burutsa said local companies needed to take advantage…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw DESPITE the raft of new policy steps that authorities have taken over the past few months to keep the prices of basic goods stable, the cost of living is rising anew in the country. This comes as there has been a marked increase in the prices of many essential goods in…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is revelling in the 400 exhibitors who are showcasing their goods and services during the ongoing Sadc Industrialisation Week (SIW) which began on Sunday in Harare. SIW is an annual public private engagement platform aimed at fostering new opportunities for intra-African trade, developing cross border value chains, and identifying investment opportunities in…
Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE country has finally been declared cholera-free by health authorities after battling the outbreak that claimed nearly one thousand lives since February last year. This comes as the country has recorded 34 550 suspected cholera cases, 4 221 confirmed and 33 831 recoveries while the cumulative deaths were 719 out of…
THE African Development Bank (ADB) has implored authorities to prioritise the revitalisation of the country’s railway network in order to spur economic development beyond the Sadc region. This comes as the country is hosting the Sadc Industrialisation week. Speaking during a Sadc Investment Conference in Harare on Monday, ADB country manager, Moono Mupotola said railway…
Rutendo Ngara THE bail ruling of Harare City Council town clerk, Hosiah Chisango, and his accomplice, Arkims Mandaza, who are in remand for allegedly facilitating the awarding of a street lights rehabilitation tender to a company owned by businessman Moses Mpofu, has been set for today. The ruling was supposed to be handed down yesterday,…
EcoCash, the leading mobile money platform in Zimbabwe, has introduced ‘EcoCash Home Wallet’, an innovative new feature embedded on its new mobile…
HEALTH and wellness practitioners have called on organisations to adopt wellness programmes at workplaces in order to ensure a healthy workforce hence boosting productivity. This was said during a recent two-day annual awareness conference that ran under the theme “Reimagining and defining the practice of wellness in the workforce”. Speaking during the conference in Penhalonga,…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat CHURCH leaders have implored all political leaders and activists to prioritise dialogue over confrontation ahead of and during the upcoming Sadc Summit. The general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), Wilfred Dimingo, told the Daily News yesterday that conflict during the gathering of regional leaders would not…
