By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES will intensify their crackdown on errant traders and individuals who manipulate or refuse to accept the ZiG, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ncube also revealed that more than 500 entities and people had been penalised over the past four months for engaging in…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they expect to install e-systems at all ports of entry and exit by the end of the year as a way of reducing human interaction and corruption. This comes as the government is working towards introducing computerised and online border management systems at all entry points to improve efficiency…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Sadc must transform its education system to produce entrepreneurs and innovators if it is to meet its industrial agenda. Speaking during a Sadc Summit public lecture at the University of Zimbabwe on building research capacity and innovation ecosystems for a sustainable industrialised regional economy, Mnangagwa said the…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi HEALTH experts want the government to be proactive and start mobilising resources, just in case the country is hit by an outbreak of Mpox. This comes after the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the highly infectious affliction — formerly known as Monkeypox — a…
Stella Madzivanyika Madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE government has intensified the war against quelea birds targeting all areas where there is barley and wheat production. Addressing the media yesterday during quelea birds control preparedness demonstration in Harare, acting director of Migratory Pests Control in the Agriculture ministry, Shingirayi Nyamutukwa said the government was equipped to spray all quelea…
By Rutendo Ngara A ZANU PF councillor in Seke, who is facing US$4 million fraud charges, was yesterday granted US$1 000 bail by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. Blessing Munemo, 39, is jointly charged with Tsomba Wengai, 41, the Zanu PF Mashonaland East provincial secretary for finance, Timothy Gowo, 37, lawyer Gerald Saidi, 39, Lovemore Majati,…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A DZIVARESEKWA man was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts for allegedly raping a 12-year-old neighbour several times without protection since November last year. Shecky Mudzimari, 43, was advised to apply for bail at the High Court by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa and he was remanded to September 6. According to the…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has announced plans to install solar-powered streetlights throughout the city in response to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC)’s move of migrating tower lights from a post-paid metering system to a prepaid model. This comes as Bulawayo residents have since early this year endured inadequate street lighting following the…
Emmanuel Marambe SENIOR SPORTS WRITER THE Heart Group, which is owned by prominent cleric and football enthusiast Walter Magaya, has partnered the Zimbabwe Women’s Soccer League and will tomorrow unveil a US$320 000 sponsorship package for the country’s flagship women’s competition. The unveiling ceremony of the sponsorship, which is also expected to cater for a…
Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER NEWLY-FORMED club, Brymaton, announced themselves as the emerging force in local handball circles when they put on a stellar performance in the men’s division of the ART Handball Tournament that was staged in the capital recently. The Brymaton men’s handball club, which is barely three months old, are now looking to…
