VENDORS say they disapprove of the demonstrations planned for next week as they will harm citizens who rely on their businesses to make a living. This was said yesterday at the State House in Harare after a meeting between vendors’ representatives and President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes amid a call for nationwide protests called by…
POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw The ruling Zanu PF will hold twocrucial meetings of its highest decision making bodies in Harare today and tomorrow, with the party’s leaders expected to take a definitive position on its much-debated 2030 resolution. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — said last night that one of…
CENTRAL government is supporting the rehabilitation of Bulawayo’s water infrastructure, in a bid to improve its operational efficiency. Speaking to the Daily News, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, confirmed yesterday that authorities were providing both financial and technical assistance to the city, to perk up its water system. This comes after the Bulawayo City…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night removed Lieutenant General Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe as Zimbabwe National Army commander, and reassigned him as minister of Sport — replacing Kirsty Coventry who was recently elected to the International Olympic Committee president last week. In a statement last night, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya said the…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO suspected armed robbers, Maramba Vhiya and Takudzwa Maisvoreva, appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday for allegedly robbing prominent businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s in-laws of US$74 000 in Marondera last week. Vhiya and Maisvoreva are facing two counts of armed robbery and were remanded in custody until April 10…
RUTENDO NGARA ZIMASCO (Pvt) Ltd has filed an urgent application at the High Court to bar prominent Harare lawyer Wilson Manase from asserting himself as the company’s corporate rescue practitioner. The company, one of the country’s largest mining and chromite ore smelting firms, is also seeking to set aside a High Court order that purportedly…
POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THERE is absolutely no need for confrontational politics in the country, or for people to opt for conflict when avenues for engagement and resolving differences are available. So says the ruling Zanu PF, which also warned afresh yesterday that all those who were agitating for chaos in the country, and trying to…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says the cost of doing business in the country is threatening the performance of industry. Speaking during an online discussion over the weekend, CZI chief executive officer Sekai Kuvarika said authorities needed to come up with measures to solve the ease of doing business in the…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE remains of Zimbabwean citizens who died in a South African mine shaft earlier this year will soon be brought back to the country for burial. Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, told the Daily News yesterday that the South African Police Service (SAPS) was busy conducting DNA tests on all…
Thabiso Mutirwara STAFF WRITER mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw THE latest cholera outbreak in the country has been described in a report as “alarming” as it has been recorded in districts previously unaffected by the communicable disease and breaching traditional patterns. This comes as 13 deaths and 579 cumulative cases have been recorded since the first outbreak of the…
