© ABIONA Mataranyika has been elected the University of Zimbabwe’s Student Representative Council (SRC) president, becoming the first woman to lead the student body at the country’s oldest university. Mataranyika, who was backed by the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu), polled 2 500 votes on Tuesday, beating Wilbert Muzaruwetu, who was backed by the Zimbabwe…
© SUSPENDED Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami and ward one councillor Silas Chigora walked out of court free men yesterday after they were acquitted on a charge of malicious damage to Bulawayo City Council property. The allegations emanated from a July 12 incident where Kambarami, who was acting mayor, suspended town clerk Christopher Dube. [GoogleAd]…
© THE Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) yesterday presented a $11,4 million dividend cheque to the government, spurred by an increase in export earnings. MMCZ board chairperson Jemister Chininga presented the cheque to Mines minister Winston Chitando during the Daily News Business Breakfast Forum on the US$12 billion mining industry roadmap running under the…
© THE case in which Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi is contesting a High Court decision reversing the confiscation of former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s Nyanga mansion will be heard at the Supreme Court this Friday. Hodzi lost his bid to take over the property after the High Court struck off his application which sought to…
© KEY stakeholders in the mining industry have said realising a US$12 billion extractive sector by 2023 is achievable if fundamental challenges crippling the industry are urgently addressed. This emerged during a Daily News Business Breakfast Forum held in Harare yesterday under the theme “Towards a US$12 billion sector: mining industry perspectives.” [GoogleAd] The…
© MOBILE money platform, EcoCash services will shut down on Saturday evening to Sunday night to allow for a major system upgrade. In a statement yesterday, EcoCash said the 24-hour downtime of its services would start at 9pm on Saturday and end at 9pm on Sunday. [GoogleAd] The upgrade, EcoCash said, was meant among other…
© NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) has increased payouts to pensioners from $80 to $200 to improve their welfare and cushion them from the prevailing economic challenges. The increase follows once-off cushioning allowance equivalent to a month’s pension which Nssa awarded in July. Nssa Board chair Cuthbert Chidoori announced the increase in a statement on…
© FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko’s trial which was supposed to start yesterday was moved to today following miscommunication between the State and the politician’s lawyer. Mphoko, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office, appeared before regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya represented by his lawyer Zibusiso Ncube, who came to court ready for trial…
© PARLIAMENT has demanded a ministerial statement from Health minister Obadiah Moyo explaining the state of the country’s health delivery system after government fired over 280 doctors recently. The call, endorsed by Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday, was made by opposition MDC MP for Harare East Tendai Biti who expressed fears that…
© THE escalating row over a farm in Harare’s Pomona area, involving Grace Mugabe, pictured, and a number of land claimants, has now placed the erratic former first lady in the gun-sights of the ruling Zanu PF, the Daily News reports. This comes after the once exceedingly powerful wife of the late former president…
