GOVERNMENT has threatened to shut down over 450 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) failing to submit their audited financial statements in line with the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Act. The deadline to comply with this directive is August 30. The Act orders every PVO to submit its audited annual financial statement to the Social Welfare ministry. In…
THE government says it is going to increase the training of midwives to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates. This comes as the maternal mortality in Zimbabwe is 363 per 100 000 live births, according to the 2022 housing and population census. Speaking during the question and answer session in the National Assembly on Wednesday,…
HIGHERLIFE Foundation and Delta Philanthropies have donated diagnostic equipment worth US$44 000 to Mpilo Central Hospital’s maternity wing in Bulawayo for expecting mothers and new-borns to receive quality care. Handing over the equipment to the hospital yesterday, Higherlife Foundation country director Philani Nyatsanza said the foundation was keen on the promotion of maternal and neonatal…
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has lifted a ban on Mozambique’s national carrier Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM). Savana Indepedencia…
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga, who is in remand prison in South Africa, has been implicated in a US$500 000 fraud charge after he allegedly illegally transferred Chamunorwa Matsika’s land into his company’s name. Matsika had signed the property as collateral when he borrowed US$30 000 from Buyanga in 2009. Conveyancing clerks, Martin Murimirambewa and Shakespeare Karuwa,…
LAWMAKERS on Tuesday demanded that the government should ensure there is effective corporate governance culture at the State-run Zupco. This emerged during a motion in the National Assembly on; “financial assistance to Zupco and private transport operators”.The motion was raised by Zanu PF Bindura/Shamva MP Dorothy Mashonganyika.Making his contribution on the motion, Citizens Coalition for…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH minister Douglas Mombeshora yesterday urged the Food Standards Advisory Board (FSAB) to work closely with the government in monitoring and safeguarding consumers against unsafe food. The FSAB is mandated to oversee the production and distribution of food products in the country. Speaking at a meeting with new board members in Harare…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A LOCAL mining company, Fools Mine Investments, has filed an application at the Bulawayo High Court seeking relief over an alleged illegal sale of their mine by a Chinese national Zhiyuwan Wang. According to the court application, the illegal sale resulted in the name Fools Mine being unlawfully changed to…
By Rutendo Ngara A CROWHILL land developer Florence Behane, 59, who was arrested last month on charges of allegedly defrauding a client of US$21 000, was yesterday denied bail by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi. In his ruling on the bail application, Mangosi said Behane was not a proper candidate for bail as she had a…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw PROMINENT Harare lawyer and businessman, Sternford Moyo, who died last Friday after a short illness, was laid to rest at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare yesterday. He was 68. In the eulogies, mourners described Moyo as a “towering giant” who was always there to assist despite his standing as a renowned…
