By Ketty Nyoni IN AN endeavor to assist its students struggling to secure attachment placements, the Women University in Africa (WUA) has allowed them to be attached to their own innovations and projects. Speaking during the university’s 18th graduation ceremony held in Harare yesterday, WUA’s vice chancellor Sunungurai Chingarande said the closure of some companies…
By Regis Chingawo MORE than 20 000 young primary and secondary school learners fell pregnant between September 2021 and August this year, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) says. Politicians, church leaders and security forces were identified among the major culprits behind the shocking statistics which involved girls as young as eight years old….
THE government is targeting a boom in the agricultural sector underpinned by horticulture, Agriculture deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos has said. This comes as Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector grew by 36,2 percent last year to US$8,19 billion, surpassing the 2025 target the government had set at US$8,2 billion. Speaking at the CEO Africa Roundtable in Victoria Falls…
By Nyasha Dube FORMER police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri, pictured, has retaken control of his properties after the Supreme Court yesterday struck the National Prosecuting Authority’s appeal for an order for their forfeiture off the roll. Chihuri was accused of having abused his power as the commissioner general of police and embezzling large sums of…
By Brandon Josphat IN LINE with recent calls, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is contemplating holding an all-stakeholders peace summit, in a bid to avert political violence ahead of the crunch 2023 polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana said the mooted peace summit was “a welcome development” and the commission…
THE PEOPLE’S Own Savings Bank (POSB) has lauded its recently retired chief executive officer Admore Kandlela for turning a mere postal savings…
By Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed the price of petrol upwards in both local and foreign currencies. Petrol in foreign currency has been increased by three cents from US$1.54 to US$1.57 per litre and in local currency petrol is now costing $992.45 from $976.17 per litre.The price of diesel…
By Yvonne Ncube THE government says its initiative to re-brand Zimbabwe cannot succeed without the involvement of other stakeholders in the country. This was said by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa in her address yesterday at the ongoing Foreign Affairs and senior management ambassadors’ retreat and strategic review. Addressing delegates attending the indaba running under the…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has put city council officials on the spot over their failure to secure an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system which has resulted in the council failing to get and manage funds for service delivery. An ERP is a type of software that organisations use to manage day-to-day…
DEEP-SEATED political polarisation is dividing the nation and impacting negatively on efforts to revive the country’s ailing economy, the chairperson of CEO Africa Roundtable, Oswell Binha, has said. Speaking at his organisation’s 2022 conference in Victoria Falls on Wednesday, Binha said the business community was fearing for the worst ahead of next year’s national elections…
