By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is stepping up his efforts to improve Zimbabwe’s economic and political ties with the United Kingdom (UK). So says Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba, who added yesterday that there were many things that bound the two countries together besides their differences. Speaking to the Daily News, Charamba said it was…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has filed another court appeal in South Africa in a bid to stop the sale of her properties in the neighbouring country. Mubaiwa is seeking to stay an order granted in the Pretoria High Court last year for the seizure of her mansion and two top-of-the-range Land…
By Brandon Josphat THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says individuals and companies will be able to apply for gold-backed digital tokens on Monday as the bank aims to provide investors with a platform to save, invest and transact in gold. According to the RBZ, the issue date is May 12, 2023, and the offer’s…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects linked to a four-member gang that allegedly raided a farm located on the outskirts of the city, before raping five women in front of their children. Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday confirmed the arrests. “Four armed robbers raided a farm on the outskirts of Bulawayo and…
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has challenged the Tourism and Home Affairs ministries to come up with stiffer penalties to deal with litter bugs in order to keep the environment clean. Speaking after a clean-up exercise in Harare’s Central Business District, Chiwenga called on councils to ensure that waste collection is done regularly in residential areas,…
By Ketty Nyoni THE leader of a major church grouping says they are working hard for a crushing victory by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF in this year’s national elections. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, the president of the Council of Churches in Africa,…
By Yvonne Ncube FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko’s son, Siqokoqela, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for raping his niece. Siqokoqela, 44, also received an additional two months for contravening a court order. He had pleaded not guilty to the three counts of rape which the court said happened between July…
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have been granted a huge relief after the High Court issued an order declaring that the institution’s fee hike last year was irregular and should be set aside. This comes as last year the UZ astronomically increased fees by over 700 percent, a figure that saw some students having to…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government plans to soon embark on a nationwide vaccination exercise against cholera in a bid to combat the disease that has killed five people in the country since the first case was reported in February. This comes after the country recorded a total of 634 suspected cholera cases, five laboratory confirmed…
OVER 3 400 vulnerable girls and women have, in three months, accessed free maternal services offered by the city council in Bulawayo under its “urban voucher programme” aimed at improving universal access to public health services. In the council’s latest report, “the results-based finance (RBF) programme activities,” the city’s housing and community services said the…
