BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA MANY experts continue to express the view that power utility Zesa needs to bill all its customers exclusively in United States dollars to improve electricity supply in the country. This comes as the country continues to experience crippling power cuts that are badly affecting both ordinary users and businesses. The chairperson of…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE A FARMER in Banket, Mashonaland West Province was left counting his losses after thieves stole his herd of 21 cattle before killing and deboning nine of them at a nearby farm. National police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi said their investigations in the case of stock theft had led to the arrest of one…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE United Nations Women (UN) in partnership with the government says they are working towards ending early child marriages in the country by implementing the Sadc model law model. Speaking to our sister paper Daily News on the sidelines of a women’s summit held in Harare last week, UN women representative in…
AMID growing public anxiety over rising prices of basic goods in the country, retailers have pleaded with authorities to do more to stabilise the economy. In this regard, the under pressure retailers are asking the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mushayavanhu, to shore up the ZiG, and to allow them easier…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITER WEST Properties Holdings Limited is set to build a new upmarket housing complex comprising 862 residential units which will accommodate 4 310 people in the capital. Speaking during the ground-breaking ceremony of the Hills Luxury Golf Estate yesterday in Harare, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the project would go a long way…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF’s war veterans league is pushing to improve the welfare of former ex-combatants by providing them with financial assistance to start their own projects. Addressing the media before the meeting of the national executive council of the Zanu PF war veterans league in Harare yesterday, party secretary for war veterans,…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants from various government departments yesterday completed their cyber security training with authorities hailing Huawei Technologies for enhancing the country’s Information Technology Communication (ICT) operations. Huawei Technologies is a Chinese multinational digital communications technology conglomerate headquartered in Bantian, Longgang district. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics,…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITER A MAN was murdered for urinating on the walls of a shop located at Tengwe Rural Business Centre in Hurungwe district, Mashonaland West Province. This was confirmed by police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi who said the suspect had hit the victim with a stone on the head after an argument. “Biggie…
ZANU PF provinces will start holding meetings this weekend in preparation for the ruling party’s annual national conference scheduled for October. Of note is the fact that the meetings are coming against the backdrop of growing calls within the former liberation movement for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in power to 2030. Speaking…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the modernisation of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (RGMIA) VVIP pavilion plays a crucial role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country. He was speaking yesterday in Harare during the commissioning of the Chinese-built US$13 million VVIP pavilion lounge where he said the aviation industry played a key…
