BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THERE is hope that the price hikes that were experienced over the past few months are now behind the nation, the president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), Denford Mutashu, has said. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, following last week’s indaba between the government and key…
PARLIAMENTARIANS have demanded that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube should produce a ministerial statement explaining the devaluation of the ZiG despite rising global gold prices. The country’s structured currency introduced in April was devalued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week from just under 14 to the US dollar to nearly 25. Raising a…
THE family of the late veteran nationalist and former Makokoba legislator, Tshinga Dube, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 83, says he will be buried at the National Heroes Acre, notwithstanding his Lady Stanley Cemetery wish. Bulawayo’s Lady Stanley Cemetery is a shrine reserved for luminaries who would have made significant contributions…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed fuel prices downwards in foreign currency and upwards in local currency. Diesel in local currency was trading at ZiG 21.57 and will now be costing ZiG38.03 per litre. In foreign currency, diesel was trading at US$1.55 and will now cost US$ 1.50 per litre. Petrol in local…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faces total implosion after efforts to heal the widening rift between its interim leader Welshman Ncube and Sengezo Tshabangu collapsed. CCC spokesperson, Willias Madzimure, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that all efforts to engage with Tshabangu and map the way forward had failed. At the same time, there…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE are still hunting for six unknown gunmen who on Thursday stole US$4 million from a cash-intransit security vehicle delivering the cash at an Ecobank branch in Bulawayo. The cash heist has also forced Ecobank to temporarily close its affected bank located in the central business district (CBD) at the…
ZIMBABWEANS from across the political divide and societies yesterday joined hands in paying tribute following the death of veteran nationalist and Zanu PF politburo member, Tshinga Judge Dube. He died on Thursday at the Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo at the age of 83. President Emmerson Mnangagwa last night declared him a national hero. When…
AUTHORITIES have been urged to continue placing emphasis on sustainable local funding for sexual reproduction health and HIV/ Aids programmes in the country. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, UN Resident and Humanitarian coordinator, Edward Kallon, said it was crucial to do this as external resources were dwindling. “We are at a pivotal point whereby external…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa PARIRENYATWA hospital is set to open a paediatric theatre to ensure child surgeries are not done in adult theatres. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Parirenyatwa hospital matron Madazvipi Musodza said most of the surgeries that were being done on children at the institution were neurosurgery and for enlarged tonsils. “This paediatric theatre…
AUTHORITIES met organised business in Harare yesterday, amid escalating collaborative efforts to stabilise the ZiG and to get on top of the country’s recent prices crisis. Among the prominent figures who attended the crucial meeting were Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) John Mushayavanhu, Oil Expressers Association of…
