By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE country is set to endure prolonged power cuts after most regional electricity suppliers stopped doing business with Zesa over its ballooning debts to them running into millions of United States dollars. So serious is the situation facing the country that Zesa is currently only able to import about 50…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says heads will roll at councils that do not provide adequate services to their communities. Speaking in Harare yesterday, during a meeting with top council officials from around the country, Mnangagwa also warned them anew against engaging in corrupt activities. “I continue to note with great disappointment and concern,…
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president, Henrietta Rushwaya, who was on trial after being caught trying to smuggle gold worth over US$330 000 through Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in 2020, was yesterday found guilty and convicted at the High Court. In a statement, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said Rushwaya, 56, will be sentenced on…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says his upcoming 2024 national budget will, among other things, prioritise more funding for the agriculture and mining sectors to enhance job creation and poverty alleviation. Addressing parliamentarians during the official opening of the 2024 ongoing four-day pre-budget seminar in Parliament in Mt Hampden yesterday, Ncube said the national budget set…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe is rolling out United States dollar cash deposit machines across the country as the leading financial services institution continues its innovative digitisation journey. The machines allow anyone to deposit cash into a Stanbic Bank account at any time of the day, round the clock, whether it be a working day or a…
BUSINESSMAN Tinashe Mutarisi has accused self-styled preacher and socialite Passion Java of using President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name to extort money from him and other unsuspecting individuals. This comes after the controversial preacher posted a video on social media platforms attacking Mutarisi, accusing him of stage-managing a fire accident that burnt part of his Nash Paints…
FARMERS who were given free presidential cotton inputs and delivered the produce to the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) during the 2023…
HEALTH experts are warning that the country is at risk of gravitating towards the 2008 cholera disaster which killed 4 000 people then. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Harare City Council (HCC) director for health services, Prosper Chonzi, said unless authorities came up with urgent solutions to the worsening epidemic, a major crisis was…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said Zimbabwe’s economy is expected to shrink next year mainly due to drought from expected El Nino conditions. In his latest report, which revealed the state of the economy while he was reviewing the National Development Strategy (NDS) 1, the minister said the projected outlook indicates…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE’S parastatals have lost billions of dollars due to non-compliance and failure to follow due diligence when procuring goods and services, acting auditor general (AG) Rheah Kujinga has said. In her latest report to Parliament on the financial statement ending December 31 last year, the AG noted that at the Zimbabwe…
