PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday signed the Patriotic Law to be part of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act, the chief secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Misheck Sibanda, yesterday confirmed in the Government Gazette. The new law criminalises anyone caught “wilfully injuring the sovereignty and national interest of Zimbabwe” and…
FORMER Zanu PF bigwig and aspirant State leader, Saviour Kasukuwere, has his back to the wall after the High Court nullified his nomination yesterday as a presidential candidate in next month’s national elections. In addition to voiding Kasukuwere’s bid to be a contestant in the crunch August 23 polls — on account of his absence…
THE government is now withdrawing operating licences for businesses that are charging their goods and services above the official exchange rate as they are guilty of money laundering, an official has said. Addressing the media yesterday, Finance secretary George Guvamatanga said the economic challenges the country has been experiencing in the past two months were…
CABINET has resolved to sell 10 000 metric tonnes of maize to Rwanda as the country has sufficient grain to last for five-and-a-half months. Giving an update on the summer crops marketing and winter wheat production at a post-Cabinet press briefing, the Information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said wheat in stock would last for eight months…
SURVEYS by Daily News crews in Harare and Bulawayo yesterday confirmed that the Zimbabwe dollar prices of basic goods continue to ease, albeit slowly. Among the products whose prices are dropping in both major retail outlets and spaza shops are bread, cooking oil, mealie meal and sugar — bringing welcome relief to hard-pressed consumers. At…
WITH prices of basic goods continuing to hold steady in retail shops, both experts and consumers say it is crucial that authorities jazz up the recent measures that they put in place to fix the country’s ailing economy. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, experts and consumer watchdogs said it was…
AUTHORITIES have been urged to investigate the assault against prominent human rights lawyer Obey Shava, who was attacked by four unknown assailants on Wednesday evening in Belvedere, Harare. Shava is admitted at a private hospital after the assailants are reported to have fractured his legs. In a statement yesterday, the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ)…
LEADING beverages processor Delta Corporation has urged the government to continue to implement economic measures that promote and attract business growth. Speaking at the commissioning of three Delta investment projects worth US$70 million in Harare on Thursday, Delta Corporation chief executive Matlhogonolo Valela said the Stock Exchange-listed company would continue to pursue its pro-growth strategies…
GOVERNMENT says it will continue utilising its assets that are powered by fossil fuels, but is working on transitioning to the use of other cleaner energy resources. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbon-containing materials such as coal, oil, and natural gas while cleaner energy sources are; solar, wind and hydro energies. However, addressing the media in Harare…
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, is eyeing the presidency of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The Geneva-based IPU is an international organisation of national parliaments and its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members. The term of office of the current IPU president, Duarte Pacheco, ends in…
