By Nyasha Kunyiswa and Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE is facing a fresh cholera outbreak, which has seen at least 126 people in the country recently losing their lives to the dangerous diarrhoeal illness. This has resulted in authorities scrambling to stop the disease — which has mainly hit Harare, Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland West — from…
A HARARE-BASED company has lost more than US$70 000 and R4 500 to armed robbers, prompting the police in Harare to launch a manhunt for seven armed suspects. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the sad incident occurred on Thursday last week, when seven armed robbers attacked two security officers before…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF has directed its 73 parliamentary candidates who did not succeed in the August 23-24 general elections to return campaign vehicles the party gave them. This comes after the ruling party distributed vehicles to its 210 parliamentary candidates to prepare for the poll and to enhance its visibility around the country.In…
THE trial of jailed socialite Felistas Murata – better known as Mai Titi – on a fraud charge has been postponed to October 6 to allow the State to subpoena its witnesses. The matter was supposed to commence last Friday before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, but was postponed to Friday. “The State is applying for this…
THREE suspected armed robbers, who were believed to be involved in the US$2.7 million ZB Bank armoured truck heist that occurred in 2021 have been found guilty, while four other accused persons have been acquitted. The mastermind, Shadreck Njowa, together with Tendai Zuze and Neverson Mwamuka were convicted by Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa on Friday…
THE government is considering legislating for a cap on amounts that medical aid societies can use for overheads to ensure a large…
AT LEAST 500 000 households are set to benefit from the recently resuscitated presidential forage scheme. The scheme was introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2021, but slowed down last year amid reports that it had few takers owing to expenses involved.However, with the livestock sector crying foul over the high cost of feed and…
FINANCIAL services provider CABS and retailer TM Pick n Pay have partnered in the Pick Pink campaign, which is running throughout this month in order to fight breast cancer. The initiative is meant to raise awareness of the importance of early cancer detection as well as support cancer patients in the country. Speaking to the…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AUTHORITIES will introduce further fiscal and monetary policy measures to stabilise prices of basic goods and the Zimbabwe dollar, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday last week, Ncube confirmed that Treasury would move to shore up the current relative economic stability in…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out any possibility that the country will have a Government of Nation Unity, as Zanu PF won last month’s general elections ‘resoundingly’. Addressing a session of the party’s central committee after the August 23–24 polls in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said those pushing for a GNU were daydreaming…
