Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education has called on Treasury to come up with ways, including introducing new taxation, to fund free education in the country outside donors This comes as in 2018 President Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged free basic education for all in the country in line…
Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the US$500 million Cyber City project in Mount Hampden, Harare, is a testimony of the success of the country’s efforts to re-engage with the international community. Dubai-based billionaire Shaji Ul Mulk is bankrolling the project. Speaking during a ground-breaking ceremony of the Cyber City yesterday, Mnangagwa…
THE 25th edition of the Mine Entra Expo roared into life yesterday with business visitors from both the local and international arena optimistic that this year’s event will be bigger and better following a Covid-19-induced two-year hiatus. A snap survey conducted by the Daily News yesterday revealed that although stallholders were still setting up their stands, the…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw BONA Mutsahuni-Chikore and her husband Simba are fighting to reclaim a piece of their Mazowe farm after the High Court recently handed it over to Kencor Management, a company which was claiming its ownership. The piece of land was given to the firm in a default judgment after Bona, who is…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has assisted over 600 individuals and corporates acquiring residential and commercial properties over the last year, through its innovative mortgage solutions.Stanbic Bank head home loans, Bryan Mombechena said the solutions on offer include ZWL and USD loan facilities covering both local clients and Zimbabweans in the diaspora. “From 2021 to date we…
THE country’s largest mining, engineering and transport exhibition (Mine Entra) kicks off today at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre after a two-year hiatus occasioned by the Covid-19 outbreak. Yesterday, the ZITF Company, the organisers of the annual event, indicated that the gates were open to all exhibitors, visitors and delegates to the exhibition centre in…
ZANU PF says the clergy, political parties and civil society pushing for inclusive national dialogue must engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party directly, as opposed to issuing public statements. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi said this was a more productive route to take, especially as Mnangagwa’s office was…
Melisa Chatikobo STAFF WRITER chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have approved the use of cannabis (mbanje) as a complementary drug among medicines currently regulated under national laws. This comes after the government legalised the production of mbanje in 2018 for medical and scientific research purposes. The acting director general of the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), Richard Rukwata, announced the approval…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF Harare Province has recommended that the late Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu, 68, be declared a national hero. This comes after the untimely death of the former Harare mayor in the early hours of yesterday, with the cause of his death yet to be disclosed. After sitting for…
Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEANS must brace for continued power cuts until year-end owing to obsolete machines that require constant repairs after breaking down, Energy minister Zhemu Soda said yesterday. Addressing the media after a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare, Soda said one of the reasons behind incessant power cuts was due to the loss…
