A MUREHWA man, who is believed to be part of a three-man gang of robbers that stole US$17 500 from a suspected thief in Harare and used his share of the loot to pay lobola, appeared in court yesterday. Isaac Haruzive, 34, Panashe Tsuro, 22, and Tongai Chirimumimba, 27, were arrested on Monday after they…
SOME Zanu PF affiliates continue to urge the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) not to apply the seat boundaries mapped in its latest delimitation report for this year’s crunch national elections, and instead use those employed in the 2018 polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the leaders of the Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) and…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has reviewed prices for its promotional data and SMS bundles by 25 percent in response to rising operating costs. However, its voice bundle prices remain unchanged. “Dear customer, Please take note, there will be changes in ZWL Voice, Data & SMS bundles effective Wednesday February 8, 2023,” the company said in a…
EXPELLED former MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri has hit back at party leader, Douglas Mwonzora, accusing him of being power hungry while insisting his Monday ouster is unconstitutional. Mudzuri and six other senior party members were expelled from the party after challenging their suspension last month at the High Court. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mudzuri…
TENANTS renting commercial properties can no longer refuse to vacate premises after their leases expire following a landmark High Court ruling on Monday, declaring as unlawful some sections of the Commercial Premises (Rent) Regulations of 1983. In the past, the regulations declared that lessees with expired contracts became “statutory tenants” — persons who are legally…
TANGLED, one of fast-growing national television station 3Ktv’s most popular programmes, has been nominated for an Outstanding Screen Production award by the…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has granted Zesa the nod to increase power generation by an additional 100 megawatts (MW) at Lake Kariba, bringing the total power supplies from the Kariba hydropower plant to 350MW from the previous 250MW. This is expected to slightly improve the country’s power supplies as the ZPC…
IRAN and Zimbabwe signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the end of the ninth meeting of the two countries’ Joint Economic Committee in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday to expand economic cooperation. The document was signed by Iranian Labour and Social Welfare Minister Solat Mortazavi and Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava….
TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona has appointed ex-TelOne managing director Chipo Mtasa as the new board chairperson of the national airline, Air Zimbabwe, with immediate effect. She took over from aviation professional Silvano Gwarinda, who was at the helm of the national airline since August last year. Mtasa would be deputised by former Air Zimbabwe chief…
GOING ahead with this year’s national elections without the country having implemented all requisite electoral reforms will plunge Zimbabwe into a deeper political and economic crisis, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora said yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News, after Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa recently wrote to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking a meeting between…
