MUTARE – A fuel dealer has been slapped with a $300 fine for selling unleaded petrol. Kudakwashe Jakata of Long Femur, Fair Bridge Park who operates Oilex Service Station at Chakohwa Business Centre was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Perseverance Makala. He faces an alternative three-month jail stint if he fails…
HARARE – Government should get rid of illegal vendors selling fake and expired commodities on the streets, players in industry have said. This comes amid reports of perished and fake products flooding the country. Denford Mutashu, president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), told the Daily News that government has not shown zeal to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, told a rally on Saturday he would hold an assembly that would swear him in as president this week, just two weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated for a first, five-year term. This comes hot on the heels of a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) ruling on August 24…
HARARE – A woman claiming to be Joram Gumbo’s “baby mama” landed Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials in hot water after she called in the new Energy minister to resolve an excise duty dispute on her consignment. The minister’s “baby mama” Eristina Muneyi Gumbo appeared in court on Friday to testify against two Zimra officials…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has condemned the tribal furore that erupted at Bulawayo City Council after his party councillor Arnold Batirai was caught in the eye of a storm after he used Shona to recite an oath during the swearing-in ceremony last Friday. Chamisa said tribalism is a “ghost that needs to…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s newly-assembled Cabinet which has been warmly received by a large cross-section of Zimbabweans, including some of the youthful opposition leader’s supporters. This comes as former leader Robert Mugabe and once MDC legislator for Bulawayo South and secretary for economic affairs, Eddie Cross, last…
MASVINGO – Acute water shortages have raised fears of disease outbreaks in parched Masvingo as the city grapples with strict water rationing. Households across the ancient city have had no water for three weeks, with the taps turned off every other day and irrigation banned by the local municipality. This comes as the death toll…
HARARE – The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city’s director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic. This comes as Zimbabwe’s capital city has been devastated by a breakdown in water and sanitation infrastructure, making it…
BULAWAYO – Police are still to make inroads in their investigations into the White City Stadium bomb blast in June in spite of claims by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the suspects are now known. Police sources told the Daily News on Sunday last week that the probe was still inconclusive despite the bold official claims,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe needs up to $4 billion to avert a looming currency crisis that could unleash economic havoc, with the new Cabinet urged to take tough decisions to increase confidence in the economy. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday appointed former banker Mthuli Ncube as Finance minister and retained Winston Chitando in the key mining…
