AUTHORITIES are fretting over the worsening violent crime in the country, including armed robberies involving rogue security forces. In this regard, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe told the Daily News yesterday that law enforcement agents would not fold their hands while criminals ran amok in the country. “We want to warn those who may want…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reassigned three ministers and appointed two deputies with immediate effect. Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya announced the changes in a statement. “In terms of Sub section 1 of Section 104 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, His Excellency the President, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has reassigned the under-listed…
CIVIL servants are set to revive their demand to be paid US$850 or its ZiG equivalence when they have their second quarter meeting with the government soon. This comes as the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU)—the umbrella body for all public sector unions have recently called upon the government to ensure that…
THE government says it is fully committed to developing a sustainable and competitive industry which will efficiently supply goods to local markets and boost the country’s economy. Speaking at a business conference at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo yesterday, Industry minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu said efforts were being made to revive the…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF is happy to look at the proposal by the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for the ruling party and the country at large to consider postponing the 2028 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for information Christopher Mutsvangwa said they always embraced ideas…
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mushayavanhu says the central bank is engaging stakeholders to ensure fuel is sold in the new structured currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). Appearing before a joint Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment Promotion, and Industry and Commerce yesterday, Mushayavanhu said they had started with part payment of taxes…
By Brandon Josphat and Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERS LAW enforcement agents say they are winning the fight against illegal money changers across the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said they were unrelenting in their bid to rid the streets of the illegal forex dealers, and much progress had already…
By Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE government has approved the construction of a US$25 million copper cable manufacturing plant in Harare in a bid to boost power generation in the country. Addressing a post cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said the project, a public private partnership (PPP) between Zesa…
By Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A VICTORIA Falls woman, 35, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping a 28-year-old man twice. She was arraigned before a Hwange magistrate facing two counts of aggravated indecent assault. According to the National Prosecuting Authorities (NPA), the accused forced her neighbour into having sexual relations with him in…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES are ramping up their efforts to protect citizens and the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), from the harmful activities of foreign exchange wheeler-dealers. The deputy minister of Finance, Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that the government was going all out to defend the…
