By Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the iron and steel plant investment in Manhize, Midlands Province, is set to change ordinary Zimbabweans’ lives. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Dinson lron and Steel Company (Disco), Mnangagwa said the US$1 billion capital investment for the first phase of the project was already having…
By Brandon Josphat FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said the government will construct dry ports to decongest all ports of entry across the country. Speaking during the Zimbabwe and Japan signing ceremony of an agreement on road project improvement for the north-south corridor, Ncube said the construction of dry ports was meant to ease congestion…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed seasoned executive, Tafadzwa Chinamo, as the new boss of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida). Chinamo replaces the late banker Douglas Munatsi, who died in a mysterious fi re at his Harare penthouse in November last year. On its part, Zida described Chinamo as an accomplished business leader with…
POLICE have arrested three people in the wake of Tuesday’s audacious armed robbery in Bulawayo, where the bandits stole about 12kg of gold that was on its way to Fidelity Gold Refiners from How Mine. Confirming the arrests to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, also revealed that fed up law enforcement…
Tendai Kamhungirain VICTORIA FALLS AN ENGINEER in the Mines ministry says lack of competence by small-scale and illegal miners has resulted in…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned party bigwigs against dirty tricks ahead of the upcoming central committee polls scheduled for Saturday. This comes as the ruling party is set to hold its elective congress later this month to choose the party’s leadership for the next five years. Addressing a Zanu PF politiburo meeting…
By Dionne Kanyowa OPPOSITION legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have been denied bail for the umpteenth time after they approached the court with a fresh application in which they cited changed circumstances last week. The duo on custodial remand for 17 weeks now for inciting public violence, had argued that their continued detention was…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE United Kingdom (UK) has helped Zimbabwe to remove about 6 000 landmines in Manicaland. This, in turn, has allowed nearly 56 000 people to settle on the cleared land. Speaking during the handover of the land in Mutare on Tuesday, UK defence attaché Andrew Bastable said he was happy that the…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, has increased its transaction limits by an average of 230 percent, allowing wallet holders to send money, pay bills or buy goods and services with greater ease. According to a transaction schedule released by the EcoCash Holdings unit, mobile money users can now send up to $350 000 a…
AT LEAST 52 workers have died in work-related accidents between January and August this year, National Social Security Authority’s (Nssa) acting director…
