LACK of access to capital continues holding back women-led businesses and start-ups from growth, a local women in finance pressure group has said. Officiating at a Women in Leadership Roundtable meeting held in Harare at the weekend, the founder of New Faces New Voices, Graca Machel said the financial sector needed an overhaul to ensure…
MOBILE telecommunications companies have reviewed their bundle prices, both in domestic currency and United States dollars (US$), to align with rising operating costs. This comes two weeks after the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory of Zimbabwe (Potraz) approved a headline tariff adjustment effective November 1. The telecoms sector has struggled to upgrade infrastructure and provide quality…
THE growing convergence of minds on the need for dialogue by Zimbabwe’s major political parties — Zanu PF, the MDC and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) — could finally see the end of the country’s long history of disputed elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the independent analysts also said the…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has warned that the country is facing serious shortages of blood. NBSZ chief executive, Lucy Marowa, told the Daily News yesterday that the national blood bank was severely depleted due to logistical challenges and critical shortages of blood testing kits.“Our stocks are critically low. We are…
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court in Harare has set November 21 as the trial date for suspected serial killer, Bright Zhantali, who is facing 26 murder and rape charges. Zhantali appeared before the High Court on Friday and the matter was postponed to later this month to give both the State and defence enough…
TRADITIONAL leaders in the Midlands province are pushing for the enactment of a law that punishes small-scale miners who do not plough back to the communities they operate in. The miners rake in millions of dollars, but in the process are accused of causing land degradation and polluting the environment.In separate interviews at the weekend,…
By Nyasha Dube LOCAL Government ministry permanent secretary Zvinechimwe Churu has been sucked into a raging battle over the control of the Charigwati village headmanship in Seke after a local villager approached the High Court seeking to have him ordered to intervene. In his application filed at the High Court, Samuel Mubuso, the applicant, cited…
WITH Zanu PF having come out more united from its elective congress in Harare last month, the ruling party is now focusing its efforts on readying its structures for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. This comes as the mood in the former liberation movement has become more buoyant that internal rivalries won’t cause a repeat…
THE government has directed, with immediate effect, all commercial vehicles passing through the Beitbridge Border Post to pay their toll fees exclusively in United States (US) dollars or the South African rand. Transport minister Felix Mhona, in a Statutory Instrument gazetted on Friday, said the government had banned the use of the local currency to…
BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has reported 16 incidents of political violence against its officials and activists to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). ZHRC chairperson Elasto Mugwadi, confirmed to the Daily News on Sunday receiving the reports, adding the commission was conducting investigations to verify the complaints. “To date, the…
