TWO architects have dragged a local building society to the High Court after a disagreement on the value of money deposited in the financial institution in 2016, before the government introduced the bond note and the RTGS$. [GoogleAd] The two architects are now challenging a decision by the institution to pay them in RTGS$, claiming…
© GOVERNMENT has not yet increased mining fees, Mines minister Winston Chitando revealed in Bulawayo yesterday after a document indicating new proposed mining fees was leaked and circulated on various social media platforms. [GoogleAd] The leaked document indicates that government intends to hike fees for applications, prospecting licences, registrations, annual inspections, renewals transfers amongst others…
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said the country can only come out of the current economic quagmire if all stakeholders are involved in a national social dialogue. Speaking on Monday at the tripartite seminar on “promoting and reinforcing social dialogue in Zimbabwe”, ZCTU president Peter Mutasa said government must consult everyone on how the…
© PARLIAMENT of Zimbabwe will reopen today as the country currently faces an economic meltdown — price hikes, unemployment, shortages of fuel and foreign currency. MDC chief whip Prosper Mutseyami told the Daily News yesterday that they will grill ministers on the current situation as the deteriorating economy tops their agenda. “We are going to…
© MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri says party structures should reject both Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube as they once left the party to form their own political parties, as the fighting for the three vice presidency posts up for grabs gets dirty. [GoogleAd] Mudzuri, Biti, Ncube and Morgen Komichi are locked in a bitter…
© GOVERNMENT has yet again raised the hopes of cotton farmers, promising they will be paid 50 percent of their money in foreign currency through their nostro accounts and the balance in real time gross settlement (RTGS) dollars, like it did for tobacco farmers. [GoogleAd] For growers of the golden leaf, this however, did not…
© THE 2019 winter wheat farming season output is projected to be over 300 000 metric tonnes following a push for farmers to maximise production and increase yields per hectare. Initial indications are that 75 000 hectares will be put under wheat this season, compared to 67 000 last year. [GoogleAd] Lands, Agriculture…
© RESPECTED MDC veteran politician Paurina Mpariwa has chickened out of the race as Nelson Chamisa’s deputy opting to contest for the position of women assembly chairperson. [GoogleAd] MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday saying Mpariwa was nominated both for vice president post and women assembly chairperson. “She just…
© PARLIAMENT’S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday urged Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza and permanent secretary Amos Marawa to act on the rot at Zimbabwe National Roads (Zinara) which was exposed by the auditor-general’s 2017 audit report. [GoogleAd] Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri, in her audit report unearthed corrupt dealings and prejudice — which according to…
© RIOT police were called in to restore order during Zanu PF’s chaotic internal elections on Sunday after drunk and angry supporters accused the party’s chefs of holding sham elections ahead of next week’s crucial provincial polls. [GoogleAd] Bulawayo province holds its elections to choose a new executive next Sunday amid disquiet by disgruntled members…
