HARARE – A new foreign exchange law in Zimbabwe will send unlicensed foreign currency dealers to jail for 10 years. The long-awaited law, approved by the Cabinet this week, is expected to take effect as soon as Parliament promulgates it next month, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa (pictured below) told the National Assembly in a ministerial…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) on Wednesday took delivery of the remaining 2 600 biometric voter registration (BVR) kits. The BVR kits were undergoing customs clearance by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority yesterday before being released to the country’s electoral management body. This comes after Zec launched the BVR exercise on September 18, four days…
HARARE – Banks have been fuelling the currency black market in Zimbabwe by moving bond notes onto the streets in search of the now elusive US dollar, economic experts, monetary and fiscal authorities have confirmed. Among the busiest black market spots is a trans-border bus terminus to the east of Harare and around a shopping…
HARARE – Evan Mawarire’s lawyer Harrison Nkomo yesterday trashed the State case during cross examination of the first witness in a trial in which the cleric is charged with attempting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe’s government. Witness Edmore Muchineripi Runganga, who is the investigating officer in the case, had a torrid time justifying how Mawarire…
HARARE – Star FM deputy general manager, Piwayi Dzuda, has been dragged to the High Court by his wife Tichafara Dzuda (nee Matondo), who is seeking to end their 18-year marriage, claiming the veteran marketer had deserted their matrimonial home. Tichafara filed the court papers on Monday last week, claiming the marriage — solemnised on…
PENHALONGA – Government – through its Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) – could relocate more people in Manicaland province to pave way for diamond mining, if it secures claims to the Tsvingwe area. Tsvingwe villagers do not have title deeds to the land. Diamonds were reportedly discovered in Penhalonga – just outside Mutare – in…
HARARE – Water supplies have been cut off at several compounds in Zimbabwe’s capital, as municipal officials tried to force defaulting ratepayers to pay outstanding debt to Harare City Council (HCC). Residents in Mbare, Mufakose, Highfield and Budiriro have been the latest victims of disconnections with some having their water meters completely removed. Community Water…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will be providing Vaseline at biometric voter registration centres to help those whose fingers have areas on their thumbs where prints were missing or skin appeared mottled due to rough skin. This comes as the number of those who cannot have biometric data captured because of unreadable fingerprints is…
HARARE – Government will launch a crackdown on social media as part of a campaign against fake news and the spreading of rumours on shortages of basic goods and foreign exchange meant to cause alarm in the country, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said yesterday. “We will take necessary measures to counter those nefarious activities. We…
HARARE – The burial of the late vice president Joseph Msika’s widow, Maria, is set for today at the National Heroes Acre. The body of the national heroine was flown back to Harare yesterday after it was taken to her rural home in Chiweshe and later Bulawayo. She was declared a national heroine after First…
