By Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw A LEGISLATOR has raised serious concerns over the country’s rising child mortality. Speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Sikhuphukile Dube — a youth proportional representative for Bulawayo — called on authorities to urgently look into the deaths. Child mortality refers to the deaths of children under the age…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) Mutoko business unit manager Praise Makombore, 36, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly stealing 1 000 bags of presidential inputs scheme fertiliser. She is facing theft of trust property and corruptly concealing from a principal a personal interest in a transaction. Makombore was granted…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader, Welshman Ncube, and opposition stalwart, Morgen Komichi, say Zanu PF will not engage in serious dialogue with its political rivals if they remain as weak and as divided as they are. This comes after former Cabinet minister and MDC stalwart, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, recently said “nothing good” was…
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga is expected to officially open the highly anticipated Sadc Industrialisation (SIW) investment forum on Monday. The forum will be held on the side-lines of the 7th Annual SIW, a platform dedicated to fostering intra-African trade and regional investment. This year’s SIW, like its predecessors, is…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) yesterday issued a warning to impersonators who are using social media to con unsuspecting citizens. In a statement, Potraz director general Gift Machengete said foreign registered phone numbers were being used on WhatsApp to steal from people. “Potraz in its capacity as the designated data protection…
Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN an effort to clear Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) arrears, Treasury has released US$30 million to pay public schools. This comes as the government is owing public schools more than US$50 million, crippling learning institutions’ capacity to deliver on their mandates. Beam is a national assistance programme which…
Blessings Mashaya and Brendan Josphats AUTHORITIES will implement more measures to protect the ZiG, boost the country’s economy and further stabilise prices, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Presenting his 2024 mid-term budget and economic review statement in Parliament in Harare yesterday, a generally upbeat Ncube expressed satisfaction with how the introduction of the country’s…
GOVERNMENT must liberalise the cannabis sector if the country is to achieve a US$1 billion industry by 2025. Speaking in Harare yesterday…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has embarked on an exercise to expand its automated teller machines (ATMs) in response to growing client demands. The move by the leading financial services institution has seen the installation of ATMs in several new locations across Zimbabwe, particularly in areas where the bank currently has no branch presence. Stanbic Bank head…
Brandon Josphat and Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITERS AMIFFED Zanu PF youth league has warned party big shots not to discuss President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s succession carelessly. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the league’s national deputy commissar, Taurai Kandishaya, said senior party officials should behave in an exemplary manner as the succession issue was a weighty internal matter….
