THE government says it has with immediate effect banned street vending in Harare’s central business district (CBD) as authorities intensify the fight against the spread of cholera across the country. This comes as of Monday, Zimbabwe had recorded 7 267 suspected cholera cases, 1 218 confirmed cases, 6 977 recoveries, 49 confirmed deaths and 143…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), has introduced mobile gold buying units across the nation to ease the burden on small-scale miners who operate in remote areas. This was confirmed in the National Assembly on Wednesday where Mines deputy minister Polite Kambamura was responding to a question…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced State-assisted burials for the 22 people who were killed in a road accident on Tuesday evening along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road. In a statement yesterday, Mnangagwa said authorities would avail funds to assist the bereaved families. “The government will weigh in by according the victims of this horrendous crash State-assisted burial….
FORMER Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe, and his accomplices, Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzishe Mutsvene and Joseph Taderera, were yesterday sentenced to three years in prison each. They were also ordered to pay a fine of US$12 780 per individual. The four were convicted on November 8 after they were found guilty of smuggling a tanker containing…
THERE was no reprieve after all for the latest batch of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators who were recalled from the National Assembly last week. This shattering reality for the affected 13 CCC legislators was confirmed yesterday by a resolute Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda. Responding in the august House to Chipinge South MP…
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was yesterday fined US$5 000 by High Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda, for attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold worth approximately US$333 000 to Dubai. Rushwaya has been in remand prison since her conviction on November 1. She was arrested in 2020 at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International…
A SUSPENDED police officer allegedly set-up an illegal roadblock at the corner of Herbert Chitepo and Takawira Street in Harare before extorting money from motorists driving along that route. Crynot Fabiano, 32, who is stationed at Dzivaresekwa Police Station, but is on suspension, is said to have operated the fake roadblock with his three accomplices…
ZANU PF aspiring candidate for Mabvuku-Tafara parliamentary seat, Pedzai “Scott” Sakupwanya, has exhorted his rival in next month’s by-election, Felix Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi,…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITER UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President and Prime Minister arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday for a two-day exchange programme, Information minister Jenfan Muswere has confirmed. The minister was speaking at a post-Cabinet press conference where he said the UAE delegation would meet with all government ministers and their permanent secretaries and…
THE government is set to appoint an interim general manager by the end of this month to manage Premier Service Medical Aid (Psmas), a senior official has said. This comes as one of the leading medical aid societies has been struggling to survive amid allegations that corruption stinks to high heavens in the organisation. In…
