© BUY Zimbabwe founder and director Munyaradzi Hwengwere has said his organisation is pushing for legislation to force local public institutions to buy locally and support local industries. This comes as Mutare-based motor vehicle assembler — Quest Motors, has also expressed disappointment at being overlooked by Parliament for the supply of legislators’ vehicles, which they…
ZANU PF and the opposition have both expressed confidence in winning the ward 26 by-elections in Nyanga South constituency on Saturday. The ruling Zanu PF is trying to wrestle the seat from MDC, which it won in last year’s plebiscite with the incumbent passing on in April, resulting in Zimbabwe Electoral Commission calling for the…
© THE uproar by Bulawayo residents over the demolition of the iconic cooling towers at the thermal power station is justified as the community feels they have been repeatedly shortchanged, analysts have said. In separate interviews, analysts told the Daily News yesterday that the issue of ownership of the power station should be addressed prior…
© BULAWAYO residents have raised a red flag against council’s decision on Tuesday to indefinitely shutdown water supplies to the entire city without notice. The residents are calling for relevant authorities to declare a state of emergency. The indefinite shutdown comes after the council, also without notice, on July 1 switched off water supplies for…
© THE High Court recently ordered the release of a former member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) following his arrest and detention at remand prison after he visited his former employer’s offices to demand his terminal benefits. Francis Chagonda was released following an application he had filed before the High Court in which he…
© THE High Court has ruled as not urgent an application by Harare businessman Tawanda Nyambirai, who is suing Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and 13 financial institutions for compensation for loss in the value of bank balances through Statutory Instrument (SI) 33 of 2019. [GoogleAd] In the urgent chamber application, Nyambirai argued that the Statutory…
© PRICES of medical drugs will continue to increase as players are struggling to secure enough foreign currency to import medical products, Pharmaceutical Society of Zimbabwe (PSZ) has said. [GoogleAd] This comes after Health minister Obadiah Moyo on Tuesday told journalists during a post-Cabinet media briefing that government will descend heavily on pharmacies that are…
© A SEVERE shortage of basic commodities is looming owing to the deepening power crisis, which has negatively affected productivity, business has said. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe is currently experiencing serious power cuts running into 16 hours a day, in a development which has incapacitated a number of manufacturers, who have also cut on their working time….
© MANICALAND is expected to record a decrease in the volume of cotton this year following a poor season where the quality and weight of the crop was affected by the drought which hit the province. [GoogleAd] Despite the effects of drought, the cotton has also been affected by frost as the bolls are failing…
© FORMALITIES to reach an agreement over the handover of Roadport bus interchange termini in Harare have hit a snag as Harare City Council (HCC) and Zimre Properties fail to reach common ground. [GoogleAd] Town clerk Hosiah Chisango said the two had met in May to discuss the business portfolio although certain clauses needed clarity….
