HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to recall incompetent Members of Parliament from his party, including those who refuse to tow the party line in pursuit of narrow factional agendas. Sign up to receive BREAKING NEWS mobile phone text alerts from the Daily News for 5 cents a day. Dial *109*2*1# now to…
HARARE – Harare businessman Munner Kamruddin Kazi is facing jail after his former business partner Oman-based investor Thamer Said Al Shanfari filed for his imprisonment for failing to pay back a $4, 7 million debt. In the summons for civil imprisonment filed by his lawyer Everson Samukange from Samukange Hungwe Legal Practitioners, Shanfari, wants Kazi…
HARARE – Former Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira’s trial in which he is facing charges of abuse of office will kick off today. The Nyanga South legislator allegedly awarded a contract to Megawatt Company without going to tender and directed NetOne to pay US$4 million for the service and US$1 million for consultancy….
HARARE – The Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) has railed against legal aid societies that are selling insurance without being licensed to do so. According to Ipec, operating an insurance business, such as legal aid societies, without being registered is a punishable offence in terms of section 17 or section 12 of the Insurance Act….
HARARE – The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is broadening its revenue net by targeting walkie-talkies, including those being operated by boat owners. In terms of Statutory Instrument 11A of 2001 of the Postal and Telecommunications (Licensing, Registration and Certification) Regulations, Potraz is mandated to license any two-way radio transceiver. These are…
HARARE – As 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence come to a close, many districts in Zimbabwe are battling high incidences of sexual abuse involving the girl child. Child marriages and sexual abuse, in particular, have remained prevalent in Chihota District in Mashonaland East. Chief Nenguwo Augustine Chagoresango told a gender symposium held by…
HARARE – Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has accused his successor Amon Murwira of misleading legislators by claiming in Parliament last week that the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Stem) programme was abandoned because of rampant abuse of resources. Murwira told Members of Parliament in the National Assembly last week that an…
HARARE – Government has refused to name Zanu PF bigwigs who owe the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC) in unpaid electricity bills. ZETDC is a unit of power utility, Zesa Holdings. Pressed by MDC Mutare Central Member of Parliament Innocent Gonese to release names of ruling party heavyweights indebted to ZETDC, deputy Energy minister Magna…
HARARE – Chidamoyo, a renowned Christian hospital in Hurungwe District of Mashonaland West Province, which has continued to offer services to struggling villagers during economic hardships by accepting payment in the form of grain or vegetables received a timely boost. Last week, Japan donated a digital x-ray machine, a first of its kind to the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) and another company called Vixstrom are owed in excess of $367 000 for work done during the constitution-making process of 2013. ZBH alone is owed over $250 000. According to the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Portfolio Committee, the debts were supposed to be expunged by Treasury, which…
