ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe and EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited made the top 100 among Africa’s top 250 companies named by the African Business magazine. Every year the African Business top 250 companies survey charts the rise of innovative,strategic and resilient African Businesses that straddle the continent and that invest billions of dollars into Africa-wide strategies to…
Rutengo Ngara THE government is planning to review its agriculture sector target for 2025 from US$8.2 billion to US$11 billion, the Daily News has confirmed. Permanent secretary in the Agriculture ministry John Basera said the upward review of the target was because the agriculture sector had managed to achieve its five-year target of US$8 billion…
A FORMER police officer, Jaison Muvevi, who allegedly shot and killed three people in Wedza, last Friday, is set to appear back in court tomorrow after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) obtained a warrant for further detention. The suspect was arrested in Mozambique on Monday while trying to jump the border before his extradition to…
AS ZIMBABWE hurtles towards this year’s crunch national elections, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has once again appealed for political tolerance in the country. At the same time, MDC bigwig Morgen Komichi is escalating his push for inclusive national dialogue ahead of the fast-approaching polls, to help heal divisions and move the…
Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw A FORMER police officer Jaison Muvhevhi, who had escaped to Mozambique after killing three people, and injuring one in Wedza, was yesterday extradited to Zimbabwe, the police have confirmed. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspect was late yesterday afternoon in Mutare on his way to Harare.“Muvhevhi is now in…
TURMOIL is brewing in the opposition MDC after the party on Monday suspended former vice-president Elias Mudzuri, pictured, and six other senior party officials for undermining leadership and derailing the 2023 election campaign. National chairperson Solomon Chikohwero confirmed the suspensions. “The Movement for Democratic Change has with effect today the 16th of January 2023 suspended…
By Ketty Nyoni AUTHORITIES say tuberculosis (TB) remains among the deadliest diseases in the country, with about 30 000 people being infected by the bacteria every year. Speaking in Harare yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Health and Child Care, Jasper Chimedza, said the high infections translated to one person being infected by…
By Mishma ChakanyukaStaff Writer THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa, says it is owed over $42 billion by its post-paid customers, frustrating the utility’s efforts to deliver better service. This comes at a time when the power utility and senior government officials have pointed out that customer debts to…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has shifted its focus and will now only investigate fraud cases involving over US$100 000. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda Moyo said: “Zacc will be going for cases where potential or actual prejudice is a minimum of US$100 000, that means in our investigations, we are…
Regis Chingawo and Brighton Muronzereyi CONCERNS are growing that the country could witness fresh sharp hikes in the prices of basic goods if authorities don’t deal urgently with the resurgent foreign currency parallel market, which has seen the Zimbabwe dollar weakening markedly in recent weeks. This comes as the seemingly jinxed local currency has now gone…
