PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the country’s accounting professionals to desist from engaging in corruption.Speaking during the 9th Zimbabwe Accountants conference in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said his administration does not tolerate corruption at all levels.“Corruption is an enemy of development, and it is incumbent upon the accounting profession to take a firm stand against it….

PARLIAMENT is on a fact-finding mission to establish the security of the country’s national points of entry amid reports of rampant smuggling of various goods including hard drugs and other substances. This comes as the government is working on introducing computerized and online border management systems at all points of entry to improve efficiency, eliminate…

STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw VILLAGERS in the Himalaya area of Chimanimani West, in Manicaland, are living in fear of marauding hyenas which are targeting their easy prey livestock. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZimParks’ Chimanimani liaison officer, Kwashirai Dzoro, confirmed that a cackle of aggressive hyenas had become a huge menace in the area. This…

STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union has appealed to the government to come to the rescue of more than 2 000 RioZim Limited workers who have gone for five months without pay. According to the Union, the Rio Zim workers’ desperate situation now warranted the intervention of the government. In…

AUTHORITIES want to establish a Victoria Falls International Financial Services Centre to attract international companies to invest in various sectors of the economy. According to the latest Government Gazette, the centre would be headed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa together with Finance and Justice ministers, Mthuli Ncube and Ziyambi Ziyambi. “There is hereby established pursuant to…

THE government is moving to amend the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) Act to improve the living conditions of pensioners. This comes as Parliament has raised concerns over the meagre monthly pay-outs pensioners were receiving as they were inadequate to cater for their basic needs. Responding to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Service, Labour…