© IN AN unusually frank admission, and as Zimbabwe’s economic crisis bites harder, the ruling Zanu PF says it is scared stiff of the possibility of mass uprisings — similar to those which have ravaged countries such as Sudan, Algeria, Libya and Venezeula — the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] As a result, President Emmerson…
© A spate of fires at the Glen View 8 home industry have prompted the Harare City Council to mull relocating the populous home market to Glen View 1. The area’s recent fire-related accidents have prompted the informal sector committee to issue a news release announcing they were taking steps to ensure people stay safe….
© Norton Town Council has invited tenders for the rehabilitation of its roads. In a notice yesterday it said tenderers must visit the site this Friday. “Tenders must be enclosed in sealed envelopes and endorsed on the outside with the advertised tender number. [GoogleAd] “Description of the tender should be clearly addressed to the ……
© THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has raised concerns over several companies that stand accused of not forwarding pension levies after deducting them from workers’ salaries. [GoogleAd] The country’s social security company which administers the pension scheme among other workers’ benefit schemes said it will be conducting door-to-door business compliance inspections to curb the…
© SUSPENDED University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor Levi Nyagura has filed an urgent chamber application for permanent stay of trial proceedings in a case he is accused of corruptly awarding a PhD to former first lady Grace Mugabe. [GoogleAd] In the application, filed at the High Court, Nyagura has listed the trial magistrate Munamato…
© The 1893 Mthwakazi (Matabeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), in partnership with stakeholders, will gather in the UK in June to commemorate the Guruhandi genocide of the 1980s. [GoogleAd] The ceremony will honour the dead widely believed to be around 20 000. As part of commemoration, the leaders of the rights group will…
© FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was on Sunday barred from travelling to South Africa after his passport was confiscated by security agents at the Robert Mugabe International Airport. His lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku, told the Daily News yesterday that his client intended to travel to see his doctors in South Africa. [GoogleAd] “Yes, his passport…
© GOVERNMENT is struggling to deal with skyrocketing price increases, ruling out price controls and instead only encouraging business to promote exports and therefore generate more foreign currency. [GoogleAd] Industry and Commerce deputy minister Raj Modi told legislators last week that the price hikes are causing unnecessary suffering. “Government acknowledges that the high level of…
© LAWYERS representing a retired soldier, who has been held incommunicado for three weeks by Zimbabwe National Army after claiming pension benefits, have filed an urgent chamber application for his immediate release. [GoogleAd] The applicant is Francis Chagonda and respondents are the officer in charge of Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services, Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander…
© ZETDC procurement manager Phillip Chisango has been suspended for allegedly demanding $40 000 bribe from Billstreet company to facilitate that it wins a tender. [GoogleAd] Chisango told the Daily News: “I was suspended for two weeks and it’s an internal process.” ZETDC has also reportedly received a letter from South African Merchant Links (Private)…
