Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER POLICE have made a series of arrests across the country following major crimes committed over the past week, including armed robberies involving machetes, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has confirmed. Nyathi yesterday said the police in Mazowe on November 13 arrested a 12-member machete-wielding gang linked to a spate of…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES have commissioned 56 houses for people who were relocated due to the construction of Kunzvi Dam in Murewa. According to Agriculture ministry permanent secretary Obert Jiri, the relocation process was part of a broader commitment to ensure that displaced communities “build back better”. “Kunzvi Dam is expected to ease…
Political Editor LAWMAKERS are concerned that poor Zimbabweans have yet to experience the country’s growing economic stability. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Members of Parliament thus urged authorities to intensify their efforts to lower the country’s high cost of living for the benefit of needy citizens. This comes after the recent pledge by…
RUTENDO NGARA Senior Staff Writer POLICE have raised fears that there are individuals attempting to defeat the course of justice by mobilising US$200 000 to compromise investigators in fraud and rape-accused Walter Magaya’s ongoing case. Magaya who was recently granted US$3 000 bail by High Court judge, Justice Gibson Mandaza, is along with his wife…
OMEGA UKAMA THERE is an urgent need for a strategic partnership between the country’s formal businesses and the informal sector. So says the chief executive of Old Mutual Zimbabwe, Samuel Matsekete, who adds that such collaboration will lift the economy and drive inclusive growth. Speaking in Harare on Friday, at this year’s glitzy and well-attended…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBU CLAIMS that the late former president Robert Mugabe’s vehicles are on display in Ghana are false; the cars were donated to the Museum of African Liberation in Harare. This announcement was made yesterday by the Institute of African Knowledge (INSTAK) after social media was awash with misleading claims about the whereabouts of the…
POLITICAL EDITOR ZIMBABWE is set to experience heavy rains, flash floods, strong winds, and thunderstorms this week, prompting the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) to issue an urgent warning. The MSD yesterday advised Zimbabweans to take precautions to mitigate potential damage from a severe weather system approaching the country. “A thick cloud system is expected to…
POLITICAL EDITOR THERE is a fresh push to unite Zanu PF’s atwar political rivals, amid firming plans to hold an all-inclusive opposition meeting on this at Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House soon. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — former MDC vice president, Elias Mudzuri, confirmed the bid yesterday. He added…
Takudzwa Dhambu PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for urgent, deeper, and results-driven cooperation between Zimbabwe and Zambia to unlock economic potential. Addressing senior officials from both governments at the opening of the inaugural Zimbabwe-Zambia Bi-National Commission, attended by Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, Mnangagwa called for greater cooperation and mutual investments between the two countries. “There…
Kudzanai Gerede DELTA Corporation and Caledonia Mining Corporation dominated this year’s edition of the prestigious Top Companies Survey Awards that were held in Harare yesterday. The awards, which celebrate Zimbabwe’s best-performing firms for their resilience, growth and contribution to the economy, are organised by The Financial Gazette — the country’s number one business publication and…
