By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITERS HARD-PRESSED Zimbabweans are pinning their hopes on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who will present his 2024 National Budget tomorrow. Among other things, poor citizens are hoping for more resources to be allocated to social ministries, while workers are pining for further tax reliefs. Speaking to the Daily…
INDEPENDENT commercial television station, 3Ktv, will score another milestone tomorrow when it broadcasts live Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s 2024 National Budget. This…
THE government has doubled its efforts in the fight against cholera in the country, coming up with a plethora of measures to contain the disease. This comes as between November 16 and 23, the country recorded 1 744 new suspected cholera cases compared to 1 259 reported the previous week, with the highest during this…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Job Sikhala, who was convicted early this year on charges of obstructing the course of justice, has been acquitted by the High Court on appeal. The former Zengeza West MP was found guilty in May by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who ruled that he had interfered with police…
By Beaven Dhliwayo GROUP FEATURES EDITOR THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) will host the inaugural NGO conference in Troutbeck Resort, Nyanga, to work towards financial reporting for NGOs in Zimbabwe and pave the way for transparency and accountability in the sector. The conference which is slated for December 14 – 15 would…
By Ketty Nyoni and Brandon Josphat THE government is taking urgent new steps to deal with resurgent price hikes of basic goods — including striving to provide more foreign currency to productive sectors and pursuing unscrupulous traders. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the permanent secretary for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Thomas Utete…
ZIMPLATS yesterday commissioned and handed over two classroom blocks and ablution facilities that were constructed at a cost of about US$380 000 to Turf Primary School in Mhondoro Ngezi District as part of its corporate and social responsibility initiatives. The project is part of the country’s largest platinum producer’s efforts to decongest the elementary school…
STATE prosecutors are set to call Vice President Constatino Chiwenga as their next witness in the case in which his ex-wife, former model Marry Mubaiwa, is accused of attempting to kill him. Mubaiwa allegedly tried to murder the former army general in 2019 while he was receiving treatment at NetCare Hospital in Pretoria, in South…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) says its infectious diseases hospitals have been operating without tuberculosis (TB) drugs for the last two months. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, HCC epidemiologist Michael Vhere said they were expecting to start receiving drugs this week from the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm). “As…
A HARARE man was arrested over the weekend in Chitungwiza after he allegedly incited people to rise and topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power. Blessed Mhembere, 22, stands accused of committing incitement to subvert a constitutional government after he allegedly moved around Makoni Shopping Centre, asking people to join his ’revolution’. Mhembere was brought before…
