By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw LEGISLATORS want authorities to designate the ZiG as the currency of choice for all local transactions, with consumers and business having the option to pay for goods and services in foreign currency. In this regard, the legislators also want authorities to move with speed to put more measures in place to…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the country’s education system has been transformed to equip the youth with productive skills that are developmental instead of them only speaking “fluent English”. Addressing thousands of people at the launch of the National Youth Service programme at Nhakiwa Vocational Training Centre in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw AMALGAMATED Rural Teacher’s Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure was yesterday sentenced to a wholly suspended four months jail term by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka. He was found guilty of obstructing the course of justice and ordered to pay a US$200 fine and failure to pay will result in him…
By Masimba Makwembere and Bryn MatongoSTAFF WRITER THE Harare City Council (HCC) this week launched an assets verification and valuation exercise on all council properties in the capital. Speaking at the launch of the exercise, HCC town clerk Hosiah Chisango said the aim was at verifying all council properties. The exercise would last two months….
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) chief administrator Jameson Timba yesterday appointed a 16-member shadow cabinet. This comes as Timba asserts he is the legitimate leader of CCC after the huff resignation of its founding president Nelson Chamisa in January. Also claiming the leadership of the party is Welshman Ncube. Announcing the shadow cabinet, made…
HEALTH experts have urged citizens to take necessary precautionary steps that include wearing face masks, social distancing and avoiding crowded areas, amid the outbreak of a heavy strain of influenza that is ravaging Zimbabwe and the region. At the same time, authorities say members of the public should remain calm as the country continues to…
THE International Monetary Fund welcomed Zimbabwe’s introduction of a new gold-backed currency as a positive step, in its first substantive comment on…
Almot Maqolo in Victoria Falls THE country’s much debated new wealth tax still needs further review before it is implemented, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says. In his 2024 National Budget, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube introduced a one percent wealth tax, saying that the country’s tax structure benefited the rich at the expense of the…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FAITH Ministries pastor Kudzai Ngoni Nyamasoka, 29, who was arrested this week over a land dispute in Mbare, Harare, with another church, True Believers International Ministries members, was granted US$200 bail yesterday. He appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud and forgery charges and was remanded to June 18….
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government says it has deployed monitors to move around mining sites to ensure that all gold extracts are channelled directly to Fidelity Gold Refinery in order for the country to fully benefit from its resources. This comes amid a report by the Centre for Natural Resource Governance on illicit financial flows…
