By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government yesterday issued a stern warning to media practitioners who are accusing the First Family of being involved in corrupt activities, saying such allegations were baseless. This comes as the public has been fed with unsubstantiated claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family were linked to corrupt individuals plundering…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw INVICTUS Energy — a company which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, and which has been prospecting for gas and oil in Mashonaland Central — appears to have hit the jackpot. About a month after the company announced the discovery of gas in Mbire, its managing director Scott Macmillan said…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw LAW enforcement agents have arrested ‘John Doe’ in connection with the “bomb and firearm threat” that was directed at the country’s airports last week. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba confirmed yesterday that Cuan Reed Govender, who is apparently a South African national, had been nabbed in connection with the case. This comes…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) says it is working in partnership with the police in a blitz against unlicenced shop owners selling medicinal drugs. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, MCAZ public relations officer Davison Kaiyo said since last week six unlicenced shops were inspected, leading to the discovery of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Monica Mavhunga as the minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs with immediate effect. In a statement yesterday, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Martian Rushwaya said the appointment was in accordance with the country`s law. “In terms of Section 104 Subsection (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe,…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw KIDZCAN says it is set to reduce child mortality due to cancer as they intensify awareness campaigns to treat and educate children about the chronic disease. The move comes amid the World Health Organisation (WHO) target of 60 percent cancer survival rate by 2030. Speaking yesterday during the handover of US$37…
By Emmanuel Marambe SPORTS WRITER SEASONED athletes Rudo Mhonderwa and Tendai Zimuto starred at the CBZ Marathon yesterday, winning the women’s and men’s 42km races respectively. Mhonderwa of Cadence, who clocked 2:54:28, was the clear winner in the women’s 42km race, finishing nearly two minutes clear of second placed Patience Murove (2:56:21) of the ZPCS….
THE chaos that marred the burial of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali on Saturday at Zororo Memorial Park, Harare, must be proscribed. Violence broke out at the burial between CCC activists loyal to the ex-leader of the party Nelson Chamisa and supporters of former MP Job Sikhala as the two sides…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been consulting all key stakeholders ahead of its pending new policy interventions to address the country’s currency and prices quandary. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the outgoing governor of the RBZ, John Mangudya, said the forthcoming monetary policy statement (MPS)…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE government has gazetted a revised Private Voluntary Organisations (Amendment) Bill, with an added provision that seeks to prevent money laundering disguised as philanthropy. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa sent the Bill back to Parliament last year in the light of some reservations about certain aspects of the proposed law —…
