© THE city council here has said its latest move to rehabilitate its roads has been dealt a major blow by among other factors erratic supply of bitumen owing to foreign currency shortages. [GoogleAd] This comes after the city has for the past three months been seriously engaged in the sprucing of roads in the…
© SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa brought a ray of hope yesterday when he indicated that he will facilitate renewed energy negotiations between Eskom of South Africa and Zesa Holdings with the view of increasing export output to Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] Speaking for the first time after meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the sidelines of African Union…
© FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says government has made significant progress in privatising under-performing State-owned enterprises and parastatals earmarked for disposal. [GoogleAd] The former African Development Bank vice president told delegates at the sold out Daily News Business Breakfast Forum held under the theme “Implications of the new currency”, that government wants to plug leakages…
© STATE-OWNED power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) says it is seeking an exemption to charge mining companies and other exporters in United States dollars (USDs) to guarantee power supplies. [GoogleAd] This is in response to Statutory Instrument (SI) 142 of 2019, which made the Zimbabwean dollar (Z$) the country’s sole legal tender, ending a decade…
© FORMER permanent secretary in the Mines ministry Francis Gudyanga yesterday vowed to expose State secrets after he made a U-turn on his earlier request to have his trial held away from the public and press. [GoogleAd] Gudyanga, who is also former Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) board chairperson, stands accused of paying US$1…
© MASHONALAND East Provincial Affairs minister Apollonia Munzverengwi has apologised to Zanu PF and its supporters after her semi-nude picture went viral on social media. [GoogleAd] Munzverengwi told the Daily News yesterday that her phone had probably been “hacked” as the picture which was circulating on social media should not have left her gallery. Her…
© DELTA Corporation has so far released $1,6 million towards helping people affected by Cyclone Idai early this year. Delta non-executive board member Luke Ngwerume told journalists at the handover of desks and chairs to Cyclone Idai-affected schools that his company is working with Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) and other partners to support the…
© FARM equipment belonging to former Information deputy minister Bright Matonga will be going under the hammer by public auction on Thursday. [GoogleAd] According to a notice by the Sheriff of the High Court of Zimbabwe, the sale will take place on site at Matonga’s Chigwell Farm, which lies 10km from Chegutu, along Bulawayo road. …
© THE trial of former Energy minister Elton Mangoma continued yesterday with lawyers “discrediting” the State’s second witness for testifying hearsay evidence. [GoogleAd] Mangoma is jointly charged with former Zesa Holdings chief executive officer Joseph Chifamba and Zesa Enterprises (Zent) managing director Tererai Mutasa and are accused of corruptly awarding a US$3 million tender to…
© POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has said it intends to review the current Domain Name System (DNS) Framework for the country. [GoogleAd] DNS is a hierarchical and decentralised naming system for computers, services, and other resources connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names…
