RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya is expecting the fuel situation to have vastly improved by end of this week after the apex bank released Letters of Credit (LCs) worth US$50 million to all the major petroleum companies operating in the country. [GoogleAd] Fuel queues had completely disappeared during the long Independence and…
THOUSANDS of commuters in Bulawayo yesterday woke up to steep kombi fare increases, at a time that they are also experiencing travelling chaos due to the intensifying shortage of diesel in the country’s second largest city. [GoogleAd] This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday said it had released US$50 million to major…
THERE are fears that this week’s High Court ruling which nullified Nelson Chamisa’s presidency of the MDC — exacerbated by the party’s escalating infighting — could completely destroy Zimbabwe’s main opposition, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] Were this to happen, analysts warned yesterday, it would have far-reaching consequences for the country on many fronts….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has okayed principles for the amendment of the Guardianship of Minors Act, which will confer equal custodianship-rights to both parents. [GoogleAd] This comes as the emotive issue has once again been highlighted by recent cases involving, among others, businessman Frank Buyanga and Zimbabwe Assemblies of God founder Ezekiel Guti’s daughter Ethanim. Under…
© SUPREME Court judge Bharat Patel has ordered prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi to pay businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s legal costs after bungling an appeal against the latter’s acquittal on the $5,6 million fraud rap around his Gwanda solar project. [GoogleAd] This also comes as two High Court judges Owen Tagu and Tawanda Chitapi have virtually trashed…
ZIMBABWE could plunge into darkness by October because of low water levels in the Kariba Dam where the country draws nearly 1 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity, the Daily News can report. This follows the marginal rainfall received during the 2018/19 farming season, spawning a drought that has left over 5 million Zimbabweans in need…
© TOURISM players in Manicaland have expressed concern over the fuel crisis as it is slowing down tourism recovery efforts in the province. Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe (Haz) Mutare and Vumba chapter executive Leonard Bwanya told Eastern News that the fuel crisis was affecting their operations. [GoogleAd] “The fuel crisis is really a major drawback…
© MANICALAND provincial police have expressed concern over the rise in deaths of artisanal miners. Zimbabwe Republic Police Provincial spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said illegal mining is particularly risky and dangerous to artisanal miners as they have to enter into underground tunnels without the technical know-how and requisite equipment. [GoogleAd] “Most of the deaths are due…
© ALL schools in Cyclone Idai-hit areas of Chimanimani, some of which suffered extensive infrastructural damage have reopened with between 80 to 90 percent of pupils turning up. [GoogleAd] St Charles Lwanga which lost two students and a staffer opened its day school with the rest of the students having been reallocated by the ministry…
© A HIGH Court judgment nullifying the appointment of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in 2016 and early last year has sparked outrage among observers who questioned the ruling’s legal grounding. In a ruling with far-reaching consequences, High Court judge Edith Mushore said former MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s decision to appoint Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri as…
