Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s application for the cancellation of his warrants of arrest was dismissed yesterday, with the court ruling he was not bedridden when he skipped bail in 2018. Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei said claims by Mzembi that he skipped bail because of illness was false….
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has suspended the sale of gold coins to the public with investors advised that coins in their possession remained tradeable. The gold coins were introduced in 2022 as a store of value. “The RBZ wishes to advise the transacting public that the mop-up sale of gold coins has been…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has partnered with BancABC to launch an online payment platform for ratepayers to decongest revenue halls and reduce queues. In a statement yesterday, the BCC said the payment platform enabled instant updating of consumer accounts upon payment. “This development aligns with the vision of being a leading, smart, and transformative city…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has apologised to its customers for network challenges that affected access to data services from about mid-day on Thursday up to Saturday afternoon last week. “We sincerely apologise to our valued customers, channel partners and stakeholders for the service disruption resulting from a technical fault in our network infrastructure,” Econet deputy CEO…
THE government confirmed yesterday that the United States of America was set to deport 25 Zimbabweans soon, on account of their alleged violations of the USA’s immigration and visa regulations. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Raphael Faranisi, said they…
THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has appointed Emmanuel Matsvaire as its substantive chief executive officer (CEO) after holding the position in an acting capacity for nearly two years. He replaced Meanwell Gudu who was fired in 2023. In a statement yesterday, the TIMB board announced that his appointment was effective from June 10….
POLITICAL EDITOR IN A notable development, the ZiG has recently been gaining value against the US dollar. As a result, the local currency is currently trading at about ZiG33 to the US dollar on the tricky parallel market — compared to ZiG40 to the greenback a month ago. At the same time, the official exchange…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi yesterday told a Harare magistrate that he left the country in 2018 for cancer treatment. Before allegedly skipping bail, he was facing charges of theft of trust property and is reported to have been living in South Africa and Zambia interchangeably. Mzembi was arrested…
Staff writer in BULAWAYO AUTHORITIES have called on school authorities to prioritise the building of modern infrastructure at their institutions to create a conducive learning environment for pupils. Speaking during a handover of a classroom block and solar-powered water system at Sibombo Primary School in Lupane by World Vision at the weekend, the minister of…
Staff writer in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is dispensing medicines with a short lifespan to public hospitals due to low consumption of the drugs at council clinics. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Sunday, the BCC health services director, Edwin Mzingwane, said the council would give out the medication to hospitals for free. The…
