THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, says authorities will step up the current crack down on individuals and companies that are moving large but unexplained sums of money, “until there is sanity in the economy”. Speaking at the Daily News’s 2021 national budget breakfast meeting in Harare on Monday, the…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Godknows Matarutse THE government has reviewed some of the country’s Covid-19 regulations, including adjusting upwards the opening times of restaurants and allowing a maximum of 100 people at all gatherings, the Daily News reports. Speaking during a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, said because of the different…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured Zimbabweans that his government will maximise efforts to curb HIV/Aids prevalence by improving health service delivery. Mnangagwa made the remarks during a State of the Nation Address to mark global commemorations of the World Aids Day yesterday, with Zimbabwe recording significant improvements in suppressing new infections, provision of antiretroviral…
THE government asserted yesterday that the Zimbabwe dollar, and not the American greenback, would remain as the country’s main currency, as authorities strive to revive the economy and improve the lives of long-suffering citizens. Speaking at a well-attended Daily News post-Budget breakfast meeting in Harare, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, said what had happened during the…
THE estranged and ailing wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry, was yesterday taken to the Harare Magistrates’ Courts in an ambulance for the cancellation of two warrants of arrest that had been issued against her, the Daily News reports. The warrants had been issued earlier in the morning by regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna, after…
ZIMBABWEAN businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi is taking the SA Revenue Service (Sars) to court, claiming it confiscated Kruger gold coins worth an estimated R600m, personal jewellery, watches and cellphones from him. The goods were attached during a raid in October on the Hyde Park, Johannesburg, house of Sadiqi’s girlfriend, Melinda Busi Dube. This was revealed…
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says there is need to be more vigilant when it comes to ensuring citizens are protected from cyber criminals. Speaking at the Computer Society of Zimbabwe ICT summit in Nyanga at the weekend, Muswere said the government is working tirelessly to protect people from different online scams…
INTERIM MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora, says he is willing to work with both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his former ally-turned rival, Nelson Chamisa, to help end Zimbabwe’s myriad and decades-long challenges, the Daily News reports. Launching his presidential bid for the country’s main opposition party at the weekend, Mwonzora also said if he wins…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is also now going after the assets of deceased criminals whose source of wealth cannot be explained, the Daily News reports. This comes as the anti-graft body is intensifying its campaign to combat sleaze in the country, which has seen it arresting many people on corruption charges, including Cabinet ministers,…
THE Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has called on the Mines ministry to come up with stricter regulations on disused mines to avoid unnecessary deaths, the Daily News reports. There has been an influx of illegal miners invading abandoned mines in search of gold, but some have tragically lost their lives after the shafts collapsed….
