THE government says it is on course to completing work on transforming the remaining 30 transmitters from analogue to digital terrestrial television…
ONE hundred and thirteen heads, directors and board members of illegal Harare schools face arrest with their institutions closed for contravening the Education Act, the government has said. Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Harare Province Tafadzwa Muguti yesterday said the province has zero tolerance towards lawlessness and corruption. “On the 17th of January 2022,…
FORMER Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi, pictured, is set to lose his Marondera property after failing to pay back a US$250 000 loan advanced to him by one Exevia Maoneke. The 4 199 square-metre stand was tendered as security in the acquisition of the loan through mortgage bonds that were executed separately on September 7 last…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, says the need for national dialogue has never been more urgent in the wake of the country’s escalating prices and Zimbabwe dollar crisis. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the MDC boss also warned that the country was headed for even more wretched political and economic times unless bickering politicians…
Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES have reduced the duty on imported basic goods, in a bid to further stabilise skyrocketing prices in the country. In measures announced at the weekend, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the move was aimed at ensuring that ordinary people had access to fairly priced goods. “To ensure that citizens have access to…
The Lands ministry is working on measures to capacitate Agritex officers and also addressing their shortage. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the ministry’s…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) have revised the price of electricity upward after it reverted to using the US$0, 63 cents per unit with effect from yesterday. In a statement yesterday, the power utility said the new prices were already approved by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera). “ZETDC wishes…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume who is accused of abusing office by influencing council officials to allocate residential stands to his sister and workmate has launched a fresh bid for the charges to be dropped. He has filed an application for the quashing of the charge on the ground that it is calculated to prejudice or embarrass…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AUTHORITIES say they have been misunderstood over their recent economic stabilisation measures, some of which have caused significant anxiety within the business sector. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) John Mangudya said he was gratified that some of the businesses which had…
THE government has availed local currency fuel for tobacco farmers to make the production of the crop viable, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. In a statement at the weekend, the TIMB chief executive officer Meanwell Gudu said the initiative was meant to ensure farmers do not have challenges accessing fuel. “The government…
