HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to fully accommodate all the vendors at sites designated for them. As such, some of the vendors who could have been allocated space at district markets cannot find space as the city centre is now swamped. According to minutes of HCC’s informal sector committee, a total…
HARARE – A number of product lines that have become household names in Zimbabwe are being smuggled out of the country, thereby depriving the fiscus of millions of United States dollars. The Daily News can reveal that a number of popular brands manufactured in Zimbabwe are finding their way into countries such as Zambia and…
HARARE – As long as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube doesn’t play the politics of his appointing authority as well as of the ruling Zanu PF party he will keep on tripping over himself, analysts contend. These sentiments come after Ncube recently appointed Acie Lumumba as chairperson of the ministry’s Communications Taskforce, only to fire him…
HARARE – The government has warned Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) ministries founder Walter Magaya that he risks being arrested if he goes ahead and starts selling his controversial HIV/Aids herbal medicine without regulatory approval. This comes after the popular preacher told multitudes at his Waterfalls church on Sunday that he had found a cure…
HARARE – Businessman Kuda Tagwirei, has triggered off fresh fissures within Zanu PF and government, with the Sakunda Holdings founder wittingly or unwittingly driving a wedge between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some of his allies over the tycoon’s unsettling influence. Barely a year after a soft coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa’s administration is facing…
HARARE – Businessman Kuda Tagwirei, has triggered off fresh fissures within Zanu PF and government, with the Sakunda Holdings founder wittingly or unwittingly driving a wedge between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some of his allies over the tycoon’s unsettling influence. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – The trial of former University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura has been temporarily halted pending the outcome of a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) appeal challenging his prosecution. Nyagura is being charged with criminal abuse of office after he allegedly awarded a “bogus” PhD to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Nyagura was arrested in…
HARARE – A Venezuelan woman was yesterday arraigned before the courts after she was caught with more than five kilogrammes of cocaine with a street value of $469 000. Delcy Daymar Rodriguez Guererro was arrested upon landing at the Robert Mugabe International Airport on her way from Brazil. Guererro appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa…
HARARE – Former Civil Service Commission permanent secretary Francis Pedzana Gudyanga was yesterday granted his passport to allow him to travel to Benin for a conference. Gudyanga is jointly charged with former Mines minister Walter Chidakwa and are facing allegations of misappropriating $29 000 in board sitting allowances. Chidakwa is being accused of appointing Gudyanga…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party will not hesitate to weed out mayors who build “nicodemus” and corrupt relations with Zanu PF bigwigs for personal gain. Chamisa was reacting to allegations that he has unlawfully axed mayors in Victoria Falls, Chitungwiza and Masvingo. The opposition leader said mayors are not elected…
