Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE country’s now ubiquitous mbingas and zvigananda, who live large and appear to have staggering unexplained wealth, are in deep doo-doo. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) confirmed yesterday that it would soon conduct lifestyle audits on all people…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES will acquire more Covid test kits and medicines, amid a recent surge in the number of people infected by a new strain of the respiratory illness in other countries. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Kwidini, confirmed the government’s renewed focus on surveillance and testing for the disease….
Shamaine Chirimujiri and Thabiso Mutirwara THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has fired four lecturers, who are also union leaders, for their participation in the ongoing demonstrations, where they are demanding a salary rise from US$250 to US$2 250. Association of University Teachers (AUT) president Munyaradzi Chamburuka, spokesperson Obvious Vengeyi, secretary general Bornface Mwakorera and organising…
Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw LEGISLATORS put Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on the spot on Wednesday, following his revelation that the Trabablas interchange cost a staggering US$114,3 million, significantly higher than the US$88 million initially reported in 2021. During a question and answer session in the National Assembly, Ncube faced a relentless onslaught of inquiries, leaving him…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have closed the Zone Gardens Nightclub beer outlet which is located at the Zanu PF district offices in Pomona, Harare, over noise pollution. In a letter dated July 8, 2025 addressed to the city of Harare, police and Zanu PF Harare provincial chairman Godwills Masimirembwa, the secretary for Presidential Affairs, Tafadzwa Muguti, said…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will inject more ZiG notes and coins into the market to boost the use of the local currency in the economy. This comes after ZiG transactions declined by eight percentage points in June — from 43 percent in May — threatening the current…
POLICE officers have been directed to stop forthwith from participating in the country’s passenger transport industry without authorisation. This policy shift follows a string of public grievances and a formal inquiry which found that many law enforcement agents were associated with commuter minibus operations — violating regulations in the process. “The inquiry was instituted after…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s leading mobile money platform, has launched EcoCash Plus — a special wallet designed specifically for small and medium businesses, vendors and service providers that account for over 60percent of the country’s economy. The new product, which addresses the day to-day operational needs of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), enables users to transact,…
By Beaven Dhliwayo, Group Features Editor AT the recently held Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Congress in Victoria Falls, the focus…
By Rutendo Ngara TOP officials from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), including chairperson Patrick Devenish, have applied for refusal of further remand at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. Devenish, company secretary Tariro Chitsunge, and former chief executive officer (CEO) Meanwell Gudu are facing charges of fraud and abuse of office. The trio argued…
