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HARARE – Meagre budget allocations are delaying Zimbabwe’s switch to digital television from the traditional analogue signals. Settlement Chikwinya, the acting chairperson of the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Information, Publicity and Media Services said there was a shortfall of about $62 million in the ministry’s bid of $100 million for the completion of the digitalisation…

HARARE – A number of years ago, I was privileged to attend a conference on micro lending conference held in India. After the conference, I travelled to Delhi with the chairperson of a global agency that was funding 250 000 small business start-ups every year around the World.  In Delhi he took me to a…

HARARE – Senators have called on central government to expeditiously provide financial resources for construction of a new airport in Kariba and upgrade its tourist facilities to international standards. They said given the strategic role of tourism to the country’s economic development, both as a major foreign currency earner and source of employment, the decline…

HARARE – Eight suspected money-changers yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts for illegally dealing in foreign currency. Nigel Mangozho, 32, and seven others were caught in the act by police and arrested. Allegations are that Mangozho on January 3, 2019 was at CopaCabana  rank and in violation of the Exchange Control Act was unlawfully…

HARARE – A Harare man yesterday appeared before the courts facing fraud charges after he fleeced his employer of $54 000. The accused, Willmore Tirivacho Chigodora, 27, is being charged of fraud as defined in section 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. Chigodora was employed by Gatehill Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd…

HARARE – In a surprising twist, the officer-in-charge at Milton Park Police Station has told Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition(CiZC)’s lawyers that plain-clothes police officers who visited CiZC offices on Thursday, were only making a “courtesy call”. The officer-in-charge had initially expressed ignorance over the matter following inquiries by lawyers from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human…

HARARE – The Commander of Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), General Philip Valerio Sibanda has claimed that there were some detractors who wanted to manipulate the military for their personal gains and urged the military to remain resilient in maintaining peace and stability in the country. In a New year message statement, Sibanda told the military…

HARARE – Mbare residents affected by the 2016/2017 floods are yet to be compensated two years after winning the High Court lawsuit against Harare City Council. Residents who spoke to the Daily News said they have not received any of the $58 000 that they were awarded then by Justice David Mangota for their damaged…

HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s economy continues to deteriorate, the opposition MDC has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to admit failure and open way for negotiations towards the setting up of a national transitional authority to stabilise the country. Following a month-old strike by junior doctors that has since been joined by other civil servants, including nurses…