HARARE – Petrol supplies have returned to normalcy at most service stations, while diesel is still in short supply. Zimbabwe was rocked by fuel shortages soon after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced a two percent tax on electronic transactions, which came on the backdrop of indications that he was to phase out bond notes. The…
HARARE – Four Harare City Council (HCC) employees who are on suspension for allegedly inflating prices of commodities that were meant to treat cholera will face a disciplinary hearing on a date still to be advised. “The four employees mentioned in the detailed report will be advised of when they will appear before a disciplinary…
HARARE – TV drama actor David Mubaiwa, popularly known as Sabhuku Vharazipi, who has been facing a $218 000 lawsuit for compact discs (CDs) that he reportedly sold on behalf of Ziya Cultural Arts Trust is off the hook after the organisation withdrew the claim. The organisation, through one of the trustees David Dzatsunga, had…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba is expected to appear in court to testify against a former Midlands State University student, Night Tawona Shadaya who is accused of retweeting a derogatory message against her. The trial, which was supposed to commence on Monday was postponed to November 20 after the State, indicated…
MUTARE – A two-year-old child that went missing during a Johanne Marange Apostolic Church gathering last week was found dead at the shrine in an advanced state of decomposition. The incident has since triggered social media frenzy with some fingering some prominent members of the sect of having killed the child for ritual purposes. Manicaland…
HARARE – Organised criminal networks, smuggling syndicates and gold cartels are costing government millions of dollars and complicating Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)’s revenue collection efforts. This comes as Zimra has called for a collaborative effort, a national consensus and commitment to fight the scourge of tax corruption and evasion. The tax collector’s efforts to reduce…
HARARE – Godfrey Gandawa, a former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister, is now on the run after he failed to appear before High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi yesterday to answer to allegations of abusing over $450 000 from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef). Prosecutor Clemence Chimbari applied for the issuance of a warrant…
HARARE – Confusion has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid conflicting signals from senior officials over suspended mayors as well as the fate of those who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 elections, hence defying the party. This comes as MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora reversed a decision by the party’s Matabeleland North…
HARARE – Most boarding schools in the country are at the verge of shutting down early due to food shortages amid current price hikes. This comes after price hikes disarmed the buying power that many schools had at the beginning of the school second term in August. The more than 70 percent increase in prices…
HARARE – Teachers are headed for a showdown with government this week over deteriorating conditions of service as they plan to down tools on Friday and march in protest. Teachers’ unions told the Daily News yesterday that their members had become fed up with a government they see as unresponsive to their concerns. Progressive Teachers’…
