By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are mulling the reintroduction of the mandatory wearing of face masks in public, as well as the use of sanitisers, in a bid to contain the heavy influenza bug ravaging the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Kwidini, said the government was carrying…
THE ANC will have to consider external voices who have raised glaring concerns about possible coalition arrangements it is likely to decide…
FINANCIAL services institution, Stanbic Bank, last year availed US$100 million towards the mining sector. Stanbic Bank chief executive Solomon Nyanhongo told attendees at the recently-held Chamber of Mines event that the institution has supported several mining projects from inception, providing tailored financial solutions that enable their projects to overcome significant hurdles. “In 2023 alone we…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES yesterday confirmed that Zimbabwean citizens living in South Africa will from next month start applying for Zimbabwe identity documents (IDs) in that country. Speaking in Harare at a handover of vehicles to the immigration department, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the training of officers from the Registrar General’s Office, to…
FOUR people died when a Tenda bus collided with a haulage truck and a Phils and Pats bus yesterday near Mutangadura along the Harare-Mutare highway. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the Tenda bus was on its way to Mutare, while Phils and Pats bus was heading to Harare. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) confirms…
TWO Plumtree men were this week sentenced to a combined 40-year jail term after they were convicted of gang-raping a 79-year-old grandmother after one of them was arrested while sleeping in the complainant’s bedroom. They appeared before the Plumtree Magistrates’ Court. The two men, aged 23 and 21, were convicted after a full trial of…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HEAVY countrywide load-shedding has returned with a vengeance, due in part to maintenance works at the key Hwange Thermal Power Station. This comes as most of Zimbabwe has been enjoying improved power supply over the past few months after the coming on stream of Hwange’s new units 7 and 8. It…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN A welcome development, traders and ordinary consumers will be able to withdraw cash at Homelink branches as from next week. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to promote the wider availability and use of the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). It also comes amid growing…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) director David Makwara was yesterday acquitted of over US$18 200 fraud charges he was facing before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei. He was being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding the authority of US$182 661 after engaging a contractor who was renovating his house. However, in his ruling Ndirowei…
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has underlined the government’s commitment to ensuring that producers take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their products as part of efforts to safeguard the environment. Speaking during the commemoration of World Environment Day in Harare at the Geo-Pomona Waste site yesterday, the first lady, who is the country’s patron for…
