The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange(ZSE) has commissioned a solar plant in an effort to increase power generation in a sustainable way. The solar plant has a power generation capacity of up to 40KVA and was officially commissioned yesterday by the ZSE board chairperson, Caroline Sandura. The overall objective of the solar project was to move towards…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw DELATFIN Investments director Felix Munyaradzi who is facing four counts of fraud involving the selling of land has been released on $55 000 bail by the High Court. Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna, who initially denied Munyaradzi bail, had misdirected himself because the State had not…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (Bpra) has accused the city council of misplaced priorities — a development it says has exacerbated the current water crisis. The Bpra’s concerns come after the local authority recently suspended water supplies for two weeks without notice. Residents, who have been enduring a 144-hour water shedding schedule,…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEAN businesses should accelerate the adoption of technology so as to improve efficiency and meet customer needs in post Covid-19 period, industry leaders have said. This comes as the deadly pandemic has forced companies across the world to rationalise operations by allowing their employees to work remotely as a way…
AUTHORITIES’ decision to continue restricting mobile money transaction limits has negatively affected small businesses and the marginalised. In June, the central bank introduced a cocktail of measures, including limiting daily mobile money transactions to $5 000 as well as suspending the mobile money platform’s agent and merchant lines in what it said were measures to…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Gender Protocol Barometer 2020 has revealed that 68 percent of women in Zimbabwe have experienced gender-based violence (GBV), while 46 percent of men have perpetrated violence against females, the Daily News reports. This comes as Musasa Project recently revealed that its centres have…
RENOWNED international church organisations have said it is time the authorities dealt with the country’s worsening rot, including ending alleged human rights breaches, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has attracted searing criticism over its handling of last month’s foiled protests and recent attacks on Catholic bishops. In a pastoral letter to…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has loosened coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown regulations to allow immigrants who are polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-negative on arrival to quarantine at home and also reviewed the curfew to start from 8pm to 6am with immediate effect, the Daily News reports. As of Monday, the country had recorded 5…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co Government has to take immediate action and support the inception of national dialogue to address the country’s mounting woes, a social movement, Citizens Manifesto, has said. This comes as the country has come under international scrutiny over alleged human rights abuses with various international players, including the United Nations…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (ZESN) recently hosted a virtual Public Meeting to discuss the ‘Impact of delimitation on electoral democracy in Zimbabwe.’ In Zesn’s position paper on delimitation ahead of 2023 polls, there were conclusions that delimitation of electoral boundaries need to comply with international standards of quality…
