PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and his government are preparing a massive blitz on businesses and individuals who are charging sky-high prices for basic goods basing these on runaway black market foreign currency rates of the past few months, the Daily News can report. This comes as many businesses and schools have increased their prices for…
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has appealed to government seeking an urgent intervention on the liquidation of the textile giant, National Blankets (Pvt) Limited. The company was early this month placed under liquidation following years of poor performance and failure to find a good investment suitor in yet another blow to Bulawayo’s industrial revival. [GoogleAd]…
THE International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) is set to install an incubation centre at its Matopos research station just outside the second largest city. Icrisat is a non-profit making organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in the dry lands of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. [GoogleAd] The India-headquartered organisation also helps…
MATABELELAND chiefs who met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House here last week have angrily reacted to claims that chiefs from Midlands Province were smuggled into the engagement on tribal grounds. In his introductory speech during the meeting, Mnangagwa indicated his displeasure at the composition of the traditional leaders from his home province. [GoogleAd] “I…
CHIEF justice Luke Malaba has emphasised the need for judicial officers to exercise independence and dispose of matters expeditiously to improve service delivery in the legal sector. Malaba was speaking on the side-lines of a swearing-in ceremony of two judges to the Supreme Court. Justices Charles Hungwe and Nicholas Mathonsi, who passed the interviews that…
THE Health and Child Care ministry has failed to account for payments amounting to over $9 million — a move which the auditor-general said may result in fraudulent transactions. In her 2018 report, the Auditor-General Mildred Chiri said section 81 of the Public Finance Management Act Chapter 22:1 requires payments to be supported by receipts,…
A CITY of Harare municipal officer has pleaded not guilty to assaulting and throwing a freelance journalist out of a moving vehicle during a blitz against illegal vendors in September last year. Tapiwa Magaya allegedly assaulted Henry Chimbiri after mistaking him for an illegal vendor during a joint operation with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)….
THE $10 million payment made to South Africa’s power company Eskom does not guarantee the availability of electricity in Zimbabwe, a Cabinet minister has said. This comes at a time when the country is facing serious power shortages that have resulted in Zesa Holdings introducing 16-hour power cuts per day, leaving many residents and industries…
© HOSPITALS around the country hard hit by water shortages have now turned to boreholes to alleviate the crisis. [GoogleAd] This comes after Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) president Hosiah Makombe said Zimbabwe must declare a water shortage emergency for the first time in its history as water levels have severely decreased. Some hospitals…
© THE State has opposed former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo’s application for temporary release of his passport and accused him of attempting to evade trial. [GoogleAd] Chombo, who is facing a slew of graft related charges, on Thursday made a fresh application for the temporary release of his passport to enable him to travel to…
