TAKUDZWA Saruwaka is hoeing weeds in a cowpea field in eastern Zimbabwe one morning in February, trying to beat torrential rains threatening…
BATSIRAI Mutara started selling cheese and dairy products from a makeshift roadside stand when he was 27. It was a far cry from his former office job, where inflation devoured his paycheck, which came in Zimbabwean dollars, faster than he could spend it. He wanted a stable income, so he ventured into informal trading, where…
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BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA THE government must digitise the country’s investment process, limit expenditure, seal revenue leakages, and tax the informal sector, economic experts have said. This recommendation is in the recently launched Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Audit (Zefa), developed with input from the Canadian public policy think tank, the Fraser Institute. “New areas of expertise must…
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THE government has suspended the operating licence of Urban Connect Bus for six months.This decision follows a devastating road traffic accident involving one of the company’s buses, which claimed the lives of 25 people along the Beitbridge-Masvingo highway last week.The bus was operating without insurance cover.The minister of Transport Felix Mhona, in a statement, stated…
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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has set April 12 as the date for the Glen View South parliamentary by-election.The by-election follows the death of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Grandmore Hakata last month.In an extraordinary Government Gazette published yesterday, Mnangagwa said the Nomination Courts would sit on March 13 to receive the nomination of…
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By Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zwTWO police officers who allegedly stole US$10 000 from a Chinese national after demanding a US$25 bribe appeared in court on Friday and were remanded in custody until Tuesday for a bail application.Jeffer Nkomazanah and Crynot Fabiano appeared on Friday before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing charges of criminal abuse…
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THE minister of Home Affairs, Kazembe Kazembe, says his ministry is engaging with the Treasury to clear over US$6 million in outstanding allowances for civil servants who participated in a mobile national registration exercise prior to the 2023 harmonised elections. This comes as civil servants are irked by the Civil Registry Department’s delay in paying…
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Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE heavy rains which pounded most of the country this week killed at least nine people and left a trail of destruction in many areas. The latest fatalities have brought the recorded death toll to 52 since the beginning of the 2024/25 rain season. At the same time, the Civil…
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Rutendo Ngara A HARARE woman yesterday appeared at the magistrate’s court, facing allegations of fatally stabbing her husband following a misunderstanding over a gas tank that her drunk husband had allegedly “personalised”. Prisca Takaza appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Isheunesu Matova facing murder charges and was remanded in custody to February 24 for bail consideration….
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Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A DARING Harare man, Alfonse Muzambi, who allegedly falsified National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) title deeds and sold a piece of land to Midriver Tobacco company for US$1,2 million, appeared in court yesterday. Muzambi, facing fraud charges, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded him in custody until Monday…
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