STAFF WRITER KUNDAYI Mbiriri was all tears of joy as his name was called out as the inaugural winner of the Sharpe Business Academy (SBA) at a glittering ceremony held recently at a Harare hotel. Mbiriri, the founder of Hukama technologies, received a whooping US$10 000 from founder of the academy, businessman Ken Sharpe, after…
LAWMAKERS have urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to have a relook at his proposed 2025 National Budget to cushion ordinary people more from the current challenging economic environment. Presenting MPs’ recommendations on the Budget in the National Assembly on Tuesday, the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on budget and finance, Clemence Chiduwa, said some…
Brandon JosphatSENIORS STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are keeping an eagle eye on illegal foreign dealers who are now resurfacing on the streets to manipulate the ZiG ahead of the festive season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Home Affairs Raphael Faranisi said the police would be on high alert of…
By Jeffrey Muvundusi and Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF youth secretary, Tino Machakaire, remains in the spotlight after he recently reshuffled the league’s executive council — leading to ructions in the structure. This prompted a disquieted Zanu PF director for information, Farai Marapira, to call the youth league protagonists to order yesterday. Speaking to the Daily…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw A MEGA housing project by Pinnacle Property Holdings is now going full-steam, with all access roads that had been…
MINISTER of Women Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa has implored religions not to misuse scriptures to justify violence against women and girls in society. This was said during a religious leaders training of Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) first line support awareness campaign in Harare yesterday. Mutsvangwa stressed that empowering religious leaders through capacity building was vital, as they have…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE strife that has been consuming the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) appears to be getting worse by the day. In the latest instalment of the chaos, the party’s interim leader, Welshman Ncube, and his team have approached the courts to stop his erstwhile ally-turned bitter…
STAFF WRITER A FIRST has been scored at Harare’s Pomona City as the US$4 billion project is going to be the only live, work, shop and play residential enclave with a fruit orchard to feed its residents and foster community and social connection. The orchard would enhance the estate’s ambience, property values and general appeal….
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT says 344 illegal miners have been arrested across the country following the ban on all alluvial mining activities imposed in August this year. Speaking at a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare yesterday, minister of Information Jenfan Muswere said the statutory instrument (SI) by minister of Mines Winston Chitando banning…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR THE government has hailed the burgeoning industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis sector as a transformative force for Zimbabwe’s economy. In his remarks at the industrial hemp and cannabis field day at Thathokuhle Farm just outside Bulawayo yesterday, minister of Agriculture Anxious Masuka emphasised the crop’s potential to create jobs, boost export…
