HARARE – Members of the Ninth Parliament were sworn in yesterday with former Finance minister Tendai Biti painting a gloomy picture of its prospects of success owing to what he termed a “crisis of legitimacy”. Speaking to the Daily News soon after taking oath yesterday, Biti insisted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa lost the July 30…
HARARE – The country’s largest cement manufacturer, PPC Zimbabwe said the shortage of cement in the country is temporary and there is no need for Zimbabweans to panic. PCC managing director Kelibone Masiyane said their factory has not increased the price of cement, however, there is escalation in cement prices in the market. “PPC wishes…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo’s western suburbs are set to go for up to 24 hours without water, following power failures that have affected one of the city’s main reservoirs, Nyamandlovu Aquifer. In a statement, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) said the water shedding exercise will only be scrapped after the levels of the Magwegwe Reservoir have…
HARARE – Gender-based violence (GBV) against women remains rife in the country, with one in two women without education experiencing spousal violence, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Zimbabwe 2017 report. In the recently released report, overall, 14 percent women reported having experienced sexual violence, while 39 percent of women who have experienced…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s education sector is in deep crisis, hence the need for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to fund the sector, former Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart has said. His comments come as education funding in the country has remained critical with the sector relying mostly on donors. Coltart believes one of the…
HARARE – As the country’s economy continues to tank under the weight of myriad challenges, millers are now also warning of imminent bread shortages — unless the government urgently releases foreign currency for wheat imports which are currently being held up in Beira, Mozambique awaiting payment. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) confirmed this…
HARARE – Bruising legal and political wars could explode soon after it emerged yesterday that former Finance minister Tendai Biti and a number of well-known businesspeople are among a stellar list of individuals and companies which are being targeted for investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (Zacc). Addressing the media in Harare, Zacc investigations…
HARARE – A bruising legal and political wars could explode soon after it emerged yesterday that former Finance minister Tendai Biti and a number of well-known businesspeople are among a stellar list of individuals and companies which are being targeted for investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (Zacc). [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – An incestuos lust has earned two relatives a combined 74 months in prison after the other failed to pay an amount of money that had been agreed on. Panashe Dhave, 21, who is alleged to have fallen in love with her uncle Pikitai Dhave, 29, was sentenced to an effective 400 hours of…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa, yesterday dismissed an application by former NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai to be removed from remand after he argued that the State was taking too long to complete investigations in the matter where he is accused of prejudicing the State–owned telecoms giant of over $17,5 million. The State…
