Beaven Dhliwayo in NYANGA GOVERNMENT is committed to transforming all urban areas into “modern smart infrastructures”, National Housing minister Zhemu Soda has said. In a speech read on his behalf by his deputy, Musa Ncube, yesterday at the 9th Edition of the Zimbabwe Infrastructure and Construction Summit, Soda said his ministry’s vision centred on the…
Masimba Makwembere POLICE have intercepted goods worth thousands of United States dollars smuggled by haulage trucks into the country in Penhalonga, Mutare. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the truck drivers abandoned the vehicles and fled from the scene, leaving the smuggled goods. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (Zrp) confirms the recovery of smuggled goods…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to three years in jail after he was convicted of selling his United Kingdom (UK)-based parents’ vehicle for US$3 500. Thabo Ndlovu of Emganwini suburb appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing theft of trust property charges. He admitted selling the Honda Fit vehicle. Ndlovu was…
INGWEBU Breweries reported losses in its second quarter of this year, attributing to various challenges, including the extreme cold winter season this year. The brewery is a commercial arm under the Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Undertaking. “The introduction of the new currency negatively affected the business significantly for a period of close to one and half…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) town planner Priscilla Charumbira was recently acquitted by Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje in a matter where she was facing criminal abuse of office charges. According to the State, the town planner had between 2016 and 2017 illegally approved the change of land use on a council property…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw A LOCAL company, Zimshop.net Investments, is set to hold the inaugural Smart Zimbabwe Conference in the capital, which aims to bring key stakeholders to explore latest initiatives and development of smart cities. This comes as the International Data Corporation predicts that spending on smart cities in the Middle East and Africa…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to an effective 10 years in prison for stealing Zesa power cables. Nqobile Moyo of Mpopoma suburb appeared before regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing charges of contravening the Electricity Act and was sentenced to the mandatory 10 years in jail. According to the State’s…
AUTHORITIES say they have put in place stringent measures to ensure that there will be no leakages of Ordinary and Advanced levels Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) papers. The public exams started yesterday. Speaking to Daily News, Education spokesperson Taungana Ndoro warned would-be perpetrators against leaking exam papers, adding the law would catch up with…
THE Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) where they were challenging a recent High Court decision which ordered the anti-graft body to release businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena’s vehicles. In August, High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda ordered Zacc to release Wadyajena’s seized vehicles,…
FORMER Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna, 53, was yesterday remanded in custody following his arrest on allegations of illegally collecting parking fees from motorists in Chegutu, Mashonaland West Province. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Nduna appeared before the Chegutu Magistrates Court facing fraud charges after misleading motorists through his company “Team…
