By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF will not entertain any further appeals from its disgruntled officials who lost in the party’s recent primaries, which could spell doom for the political careers of many affected bigwigs. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF national political commissar, Mike Bimha, confirmed that the party’s primaries…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened an investigation into the alleged abuse of civil servants’ duty-free vehicle loan scheme. This comes after the government gave civil servants the green light to import vehicles without paying duty in 2019. But in a recent memo to the permanent secretary of Finance, George Guvamatanga,…
By Rutendo Ngara AT LEAST nine people died on the spot and 31 were injured in a road accident when a Toyota Caravan collided with another minibus along the Harare-Masvingo Highway yesterday. Police national spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the accident, saying it occurred in the early hours of Friday, and the nine bodies…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has suspended more than 400 growers from selling tobacco this marketing season on allegations of misconduct, including fuelling side marketing. Last year, at least 37 000 growers and 11 contractors were deregistered for the same offence. In a statement yesterday, TIMB said the suspended farmers’…
THE United Nations (UN) has committed to strengthening the government’s capacity to improve service delivery to the citizens, the international body said yesterday. “The 2022-2026 Zimbabwe UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (ZUNSDCF) agreed to focus in 2023 on strengthening government and partners’ capacities at national and sub-national levels to plan and deliver transparency and accountability…
AFC Commercial Bank (AFC) reported a five percent jump in gross loans and advances for the year ended December 31, 2022, on the back of improved economic activity and exports. The country’s biggest agricultural lender said gross loans and advances totalled $265 billion during the year under review. “The individual loans accounted for 41 percent…
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) says it managed to disburse US$35 000 towards projects preparation and development during the year ended December 31, 2022, which remains insignificant in light of what is required. The development financial institution required US$3 million for preparation funding during the year according to IDBZ’s chief executive Zondo Sakala….
A FULL bench of the Constitutional Court(ConCourt) will now hear MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora’s challenge against the recently gazetted delimitation report by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). This comes after a three-judge ConCourt panel chaired by Justice Paddington Garwe ruled yesterday that the opposition leader — who also wants to have this year’s crunch national…
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba says the electoral body is fully geared to conduct this year’s general elections expected between July and August while it is working on establishing a framework to solve anticipated electoral disputes. Presenting oral evidence before the parliamentary thematic committee on Peace and Security on Wednesday, Chigumba said Zec…
HIGH inflation, low disposable income and unrelenting power cuts have dampened prospects for pomp and fanfare during the Easter holidays, consumers have said. Thousands of city-dwelling Zimbabweans usually travel back to their rural homes during the Easter holidays, taking gifts and food for feasts and sharing them with their families, however, this year consumers said…
