AS THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to weaken against the much-coveted greenback, economic experts want authorities to introduce new measures urgently to promote the stability and use of the local currency. Speaking to the Daily News this week, as poor people increasingly feel the pinch of the Zim dollar volatility, the experts said it was crucial,…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Zimbabwe has warned the public to be on high alert for cholera following an outbreak in the…
By Regis Chingawo and Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE is on high alert as the entire Sadc region braces for more rains and floods this week. This comes after last week’s deluge of rains killed two people and also left a trail of destruction in many parts of the country, including Harare. In an update, the Meteorogical…
ZIMBABWE has lost close to an estimated US$12 billion due to illegal trade in the mining sector since 2010, the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Mines and Mining Development, Edmond Mkaratigwa, told the Daily News yesterday. He said precious minerals, such as gold and diamonds, were the most affected due to their easy marketability…
THE late former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s son, Robert Tinotenda Mugabe (Junior), who was arrested on malicious property destruction charges was released from police custody yesterday. Mugabe spent Sunday night in custody at Avondale Police Station, Harare, after allegedly destroying property worth US$12 000 while attending a party in Strathaven, Harare. He was set to…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO residents have called on their local council to provide more safety nets for the elderly, including slashing rates for those over 65. Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) secretary Tembalani Dube told the Daily News yesterday that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) should emulate other municipalities across the globe and provide…
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will gazette the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) delimitation report when he receives the final document from the polls body. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, amid raging debates over whether Mnangagwa had missed the deadline to gazette the delimitation report, Ziyambi also said there was…
TWO men have appeared before a Harare magistrate’s court after they allegedly ran a fake school in Dzivarasekwa, Harare. The two, Thomas Mutsvene, 38, and Tariro Patsikadova, 45, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday facing charges of fraud. Alternatively, they are being charged with operating an unregistered school as defined in section 15(1)…
NINE former commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) are set to receive houses in the leafy suburbs of Harare as an appreciation of their work. Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday, saying the commission was already transferring the properties to the seven of the commissioners, among them former…
By Brandon Josphat PARLIAMENT has called on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate some local authorities that are failing to submit their financial statements to the Auditor General. A report presented by the Public Accounts Committee (Pac) on Thursday in the National Assembly noted that the failure by local authorities to submit their financial…
