Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) last night hiked the price of fuel at a time the country is experiencing serious shortages of petrol and diesel, forcing motorists to spend hours in long-winding queues. Besides the hike in petroleum prices, the long-suffering Zimbabweans would also need to fork out…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s former top aide Douglas Tapfuma has been slapped with a six year prison term for abuse of office. Tapfuma was convicted on Thursday of three counts of abuse of office by corruptly importing vehicles abusing the State Residences department’s name by Harare regional magistrate Esthere Chivasa. Chivasa sentenced Tapfuma to…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE Poverty Liberation Movement (PLM), a pressure group launched yesterday, threatened to roll out protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, charging that the Zanu PF leader has caused untold suffering to the people of Zimbabwe. Speaking to the media during the launch of their organisation in Harare, PLM chairperson Obert…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has developed a range of medical products using a local herb with antiviral properties, currently on clinical trials, to assist in the fight against the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19), the Daily News reports. This comes as a concoction known as Covid Organics (CVO), a form…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES yesterday pooh-poohed the alleged recent abduction and torture claims by MDC Alliance youth leaders who had participated in a flash demo in Harare, the Daily News reports. This comes as the three women at the centre of the furore — Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says the country is importing adequate fuel not to warrant shortages, but there is indiscipline in the oil sector, the Daily News reports. This comes at a time motorists are spending hours in fuel queues across the country. Appearing before the parliamentary…
MDC acting president Thokozani Khupe has agreed to hold a meeting of the party’s 2014 structures to consider the March Supreme Court ruling directing it to call for an extraordinary congress to choose a substantive leader. This comes after 151 out of a possible 200 members who constituted the MDC 2014 national council structures met…
A 100-YEAR-OLD Marange granny was robbed of over US$5 000 by her 31-year-old nephew which she kept in her bra. Tawanda Chinjakasi allegedly covered his granny Easter Zvoushe with a cloth as she set in her dining room before robbing her of the money on May 28. Chinjakasi denied the charge when he appeared before…
AFRICAN Sun Limited has advised its shareholders that they are in talks with Dawn Properties Limited to acquire 100 percent of their share capital in exchange for African Sun shares. In a cautionary statement issued by the hoteliers yesterday, the shares would be acquired after both parties agree on a price. African Sun noted that…
KAROI Town Council has begun repossessing more than 200 residential stands in three of its suburbs which have not been developed for years, the Daily News can report. Town secretary Wellington Mutikani said they were repossessing stands in Chiedza high density, Westview medium density and Flamboyant low density suburbs. Mutikani said council had since communicated…
