PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed seasoned executive, Tafadzwa Chinamo, as the new boss of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida). Chinamo replaces the late banker Douglas Munatsi, who died in a mysterious fi re at his Harare penthouse in November last year. On its part, Zida described Chinamo as an accomplished business leader with…
POLICE have arrested three people in the wake of Tuesday’s audacious armed robbery in Bulawayo, where the bandits stole about 12kg of gold that was on its way to Fidelity Gold Refiners from How Mine. Confirming the arrests to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, also revealed that fed up law enforcement…
Tendai Kamhungirain VICTORIA FALLS AN ENGINEER in the Mines ministry says lack of competence by small-scale and illegal miners has resulted in…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned party bigwigs against dirty tricks ahead of the upcoming central committee polls scheduled for Saturday. This comes as the ruling party is set to hold its elective congress later this month to choose the party’s leadership for the next five years. Addressing a Zanu PF politiburo meeting…
By Dionne Kanyowa OPPOSITION legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have been denied bail for the umpteenth time after they approached the court with a fresh application in which they cited changed circumstances last week. The duo on custodial remand for 17 weeks now for inciting public violence, had argued that their continued detention was…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE United Kingdom (UK) has helped Zimbabwe to remove about 6 000 landmines in Manicaland. This, in turn, has allowed nearly 56 000 people to settle on the cleared land. Speaking during the handover of the land in Mutare on Tuesday, UK defence attaché Andrew Bastable said he was happy that the…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, has increased its transaction limits by an average of 230 percent, allowing wallet holders to send money, pay bills or buy goods and services with greater ease. According to a transaction schedule released by the EcoCash Holdings unit, mobile money users can now send up to $350 000 a…
AT LEAST 52 workers have died in work-related accidents between January and August this year, National Social Security Authority’s (Nssa) acting director…
By Brighton Muronzereyi JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has welcomed recent calls for national dialogue and peace by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa but wants him to do more to move the country forward. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ziyambi also said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was consistent about national unity and dialogue,…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE government has approved proposed architectural designs for phase II of the National Heroes Acre, pictured, extension works to accommodate more graves amid revelations that the shrine was almost full. Addressing a post cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said at its establishment, the National Heroes Acre had…
