HARARE – A ground-breaking ceremony for a Norton-based tile manufacturing company which was to be presided over by Vice President Kembo Mohadi last Friday had to be postponed indefinitely after it emerged that the Chinese-owned company had no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate. Norton Constituency legislator Temba Mliswa was the first to raise the red…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s gung-ho military will once again have to defend itself in court after being accused of running amok recently and “grabbing” more land for its use — this time from a group of farmers. As a result, the High Court is set to hear how soldiers fired gunshots and teargas at the farmers…
HARARE – Finance ministry, through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), has agreed to make monthly payment of $4 million towards a $150 million debt owed to international airlines. This comes as major airlines which were experiencing difficulties in foreign currency repatriation, had pulled the plug on Zimbabwe, suspending all ticketing from the southern African…
HARARE – In a welcome development, the government has with immediate effect removed the ban on the importation of groceries and other basic goods — in a bid to address the continuing shortages of commodities and spiralling price hikes in the country. The lifting of the ban comes at a time many Zimbabweans have been…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow chair two crucial Zanu PF meetings in Harare as he battles to deal with the twin challenges of Zimbabwe’s worsening economic crisis, as well as mounting discord within the upper echelons of the ruling party. Well-placed party sources told the Daily News last night that Mnangagwa was under…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow chair two crucial Zanu PF meetings in Harare as he battles to deal with the twin challenges of Zimbabwe’s worsening economic crisis, as well as mounting discord within the upper echelons of the ruling party. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has raised concern over the way the law enforcers conducted themselves in closing a road in the CBD which was a perceived hub of illegal money changers, popularly known here as Osiphatheleni. The road was recently closed after Chief Justice (CJ) Luke Malaba raised concern over the operation of…
HARARE – There are massive human rights violations in the country’s prisons, a report by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has revealed. In the report released last week, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum exposed human rights violations that include; overcrowding and food shortages among others. “Persons deprived of their liberty are entitled to the right…
HARARE – MDC’s 19th anniversary celebrations will go ahead this weekend whether the party gets clearance from the police or not, its president Nelson Chamisa has said adding there are protests lined up across the country. Addressing journalists at a press briefing at Harvest House yesterday, Chamisa said the party will go out of its…
HARARE – Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has approached the High Court seeking to stop his eviction from a property that he bought from a local company, which now claims he did not pay for other part of the property that he is occupying. In the application, Chivayo is the applicant, while Five Chisholome Road Freeholder…
