By Ketty Nyoni THE Zimbabwe Sugar Association (ZSA) has called the recent increase in the price of sugar in some retail shops “unjustified”. ZSA chairperson, Willard Zireva, also emphasised that the country had adequate sugar stocks to meet local consumption needs. “The Zimbabwe Sugar Association advises all stakeholders and the general public that the recommended…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw SEVEN suspected fraudsters, arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) for allegedly forging Octavious Chikonyora and Precious Danda’s national identity cards before selling the two’s US$97 500 Harare house, have been remanded in custody. The suspects, Prosper Bizwork, 48, Samson Mushayi, 38, Eric Ndamuka Dube, 39, Tedious Marufu, 47, Amos…
By Masimba Makwembere and Bryn Matongo THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has received applications from two local companies that are seeking permission to construct solar power plants. The two companies are; Pro plastics in Harare, which seeks to construct a 407 kilowatts power plant Eureka Gold Mine in Guruve, Mashonaland Central Province intending to…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE government is now expediting the Provincial Council Bill to be tabled before Parliament and give way for the establishment of provincial and metropolitan councils some 11 years later. This comes as the Constitution passed in 2013 created 10 provincial and two metropolitan councils with councillors elected through proportional representation. In…
ZIMBABWE yesterday launched a Media Industry Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence policy with a call for every player in the sector to…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A MAN, 60, from Inyathi village in Bubi district, Matabeleland North Province, has been sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison after he was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl while she was fetching water from a river. The man, who cannot be named, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES are mulling over the payment of most government ser vices, including passports, using the country’s newly-launched currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, acting Home Affairs minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, said the government would announce in due course which of its services would be paid…
By Rutendo Ngara AN ALLEGED United Kingdom (UK) Certificate of Sponsorship (COS) processor, Munyaradzi Mangoma, who is accused of defrauding one Paidamoyo Chamatunhu of US$5 100, has been denied bail. The accused had promised Chama tunhu to assist her in processing her paperwork to go and work in Britain. Mangoma is facing fraud charges and…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) says it is committed to further entrenching its economic relations with Zimbabwe by supporting the private sector. Speaking at an EU dialogue seminar in the capital on Wednesday, the EU ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jobst Von Kirchmann, noted that the collaboration between the bloc and Zimbabwe would improve…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITER ENERGY minister Edgar Moyo yesterday said the government was prioritising the use of solar energy amid the growing challenges of climate change. He was speaking at a handover of solar equipment by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN ESCO) in Harare where Moyo said the energy sector was…
