By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say the move to quarantine the over US$100 million outstanding Dutch foreign currency auction system payments is meant to stabilise the foreign exchange and prices of basic commodities. The operations of the auction system were suspended late last year. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) made a decision that the…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) is working to ensure that the law allows its regulatory scope to go beyond medicines to include other equipment such as syringes. Addressing the media on the side-lines of a stakeholders meeting last week, MCAZ acting director general Farai Masekela said regulating all medical devices would help local…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A MAN from Goromonzi, Mashonaland East Province, was arraigned before the court over the weekend for allegedly selling a non-existing piece of land for US$66 000. The man, Peter Rupiya, 65, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud charges. He was granted US$100 bail and remanded to July 19 for…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw FINANCIAL service provider Nedbank has come up with projects for Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors who live at a safe shelter in Makonde, Chinhoyi, which include poultry and market gardening. Speaking to the Daily News after the handover ceremony of the projects at the weekend, Nedbank executive head of treasury, marketing and…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has come up with a US$4 million waste management budget that will see it procuring 45 refuse…
SIX people perished while several others were injured in three separate road traffic accidents that occurred on Friday and Saturday across the country. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the first accident happened when a vehicle hit a child who was riding a bicycle resulting in the Nissan Caravan veering off the road and…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE woman Marvelous Mapfumo allegedly connived with two police officers and stole US$107 000 from her Chinese employer. Mapfumo has since been arrested and arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi last Friday on theft charges. The state, however, applied for her further detention to today to allow more investigations as her…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Makwika Village in Matabeleland North Province has been slapped with an effective 32 months jail sentence for 32 counts of unlawful entry. Future Ncube appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube facing charges of aggravated unlawful entry. He was convicted and sentenced to 48 months imprisonment. However, 22…
ZIMBABWE’S fuel consumption experienced a significant drop in the first three months of 2024, with petrol demand falling by 15 percent and diesel usage declining by three percent compared to the same period last year. According to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority’s (Zera) Petroleum Sector Performance Statistics, the country consumed 251,03 million litres of diesel…
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s reelection as leader of South Africa on Friday night is a significant milestone in the country’s history. His African National Congress forged an alliance with the Democratic Alliance and the Inkata Freedom Party to win the Speaker, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and president positions, ANC had failed to secure a…
