HARARE – Econet Group’s pay television service, Kwese Television (Private) Limited, popularly known as Kwese TV, has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel its business partner Dr Dish (Private) Limited (Dr Dish) to settle a $634 400 loan which was advanced to the firm for the payment of licence fees in Zimbabwe….
HARARE – Chairperson of the Mines and Energy parliamentary portfolio committee Temba Mliswa has threatened to resign after Zanu PF MPs blocked the fielding of testimony by Hwange Colliery board member Nicholas van Hoogstraten yesterday. Multi-millionaire tycoon Van Hoogstraten — who was itching to speak on the mess that his company was in — had…
HARARE – Jailed former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor’s advisor Munyaradzi Kereke’s company, Fairdrop Trading (Private) Limited, which trades as Rock Foundation Medical Centre, has been dragged to the High Court by a local company, which is seeking an order to cancel an agreement of sale for a generator signed between the parties three…
HARARE – The Foreign Affairs and International Trade ministry has said its 2019 National Budget allocation is not enough to fully implement President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement plans with the international community. Delivering a report before the Foreign Affairs and International Trade parliamentary portfolio committee last week, the acting permanent secretary for the ministry, ambassador Chitsaka…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police has asked the High Court to review a decision to award $13 000 in damages to 64-year-old granny Lillian Chinyerere as compensation for the assault she suffered at the hands of cops at the Harare Magistrates’ Court in 2016. Chinyerere was brutally assaulted by riot police as she tried…
HARARE – Augur Investments (Augur) and the Harare City Council (HCC)’s land saga has taken a new twist after the company defended the deal, claiming everything was done above board and accused the city council of pursuing a false and malicious agenda. This comes after several reports of alleged corrupt activities by the company, which…
HARARE – High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi — who recently freed businessman and socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure on bail on his tax evasion charges — has said duty judges have an obligation to hear urgent chamber applications any time, to ensure the smooth flow of the administration of justice. Chitapi said this in a judgment…
HARARE – Suppliers are apparently refusing to release fuel to Zimbabwe until the government settles what it owes to them, the Daily News was told yesterday. This comes as the prices of fuel are going down elsewhere in the region, while Zimbabweans have to contend with more anxiety and snaking queues at garages — as…
HARARE – In yet another controversy that has engulfed problems-prone Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has blocked him from appointing economist and former opposition kingpin — Eddie Cross — as his special advisor, the Daily News can report. The development comes barely two months after Ncube was left with egg on his face,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Board and Management has announced the national release of grade seven examination results, with candidates expected to start collecting their results from schools on Tuesday. Speaking during a press briefing, the Board chairperson Eddie Mwenje said this year’s national pass rate improved by 7.35 percent as compared…
