FORMER Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, Lovemore Moyo has called for urgent reforms to tackle Zimbabwe’s rising cost of living and failing economic policies. Speaking to the Daily News last week, Moyo said the soaring costs of survival have placed ordinary citizens under immense financial strain. “The high cost of living has been…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A CUSTOMS clearance agent based in Beitbridge appeared in court over the weekend facing fraud allegations involving ZiG3 million. Lawrence Zifungo, who is employed by Frontview Freight Customs Clearing, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa, who granted him US$300 bail and was remanded to April 24. It is the…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE High Court has cancelled a default order that allowed two mining companies to continue extracting coal in Sengwa. Justice Naison Chivayo ruled in favour of Kabuyuni Mining Syndicate, which sought the rescission of a previous provisional order. “A deponent to an affidavit assumes the position of a witness. “A witness…
RUTENDO NGARA FOUR artisanal miners who approached the High Court claiming they were unlawfully removed from their mining claims in Bindura by Freda Rebecca Gold Mine have partially won their case. The court ordered that the company and the police must not interfere with their operations. The matter was heard before Justice Joel Mambara at…
BRANDON JOSPHAT Chief Writer THE ruling Zanu PF is pulling out all the stops as it mobilises its support base to rally behind Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 ahead of public hearings in two weeks’ time. In this regard, the former liberation movement has deployed its top guns and legislators nationwide to drum up support…
THE country needs to embrace kidney transplants more as they are generally superior to dialysis when treating kidney failure. So says former minister of Health and Child Care, Obadiah Moyo, who adds that Zimbabwe should also take advantage of falling barriers to transplants in this regard. Speaking on Thursday night on leading independent national television…
CHIEF WRITER PARLIAMENT has ignited a high-stakes national debate by scheduling 64 public hearings to gather citizens’ views on the contentious Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3, which seeks to abolish the popular election of the state president, among others. The hearing would be between March 30 and April 2 as part of a constitutional requirement…
MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE GOVERNMENT has taken a definitive step toward de-dollarising public procurement, with the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, announcing that all local suppliers and contractors will henceforth be paid exclusively in ZiG. The directive, which accompanied the launch of the new National Standard Price List (NSPL), marked a significant shift in fiscal policy aimed…
MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to preside over the high-stakes signing and awards ceremony for Cabinet ministers and senior government officials’ performance contracts in Harare. The ceremony would mark the evaluation of Cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, and heads of public entities for the 2025 fiscal year. Under the mantra “What Gets Measured,…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO MORE than 600 families have benefited from the government’s Presidential Title Deeds and Settlement Regularisation Programme across Zimbabwe.The initiative was launched in 2023 by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address land tenure challenges and promote orderly urban development through formalisation.“More than 600 families have already benefited from this programme across the country,” said…
