RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged industrialists to take advantage of the upcoming Sadc Summit to cement the economic gains the country has achieved in the last few years This comes as the country is expected to host more than 150 companies from across southern Africa during the Sadc Industrialisation week scheduled to run from July…
AFTER some improvement, Zimbabwe has for the past five years held steady at about 25 percent of the rural population with no…
BULAWAYO Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) say they are devising strategies to catalyse industrialisation in a bid to tap into new markets. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo Chamber of SMEs coordinator Nketa Mangoye Dlamini said while SMEs were displaying great talent, they still lacked skills to penetrate into new markets. “We are looking…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has been taken to court after he allegedly assaulted his wife for suing him for child maintenance. Khaya Ngulube yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Challenge Mahambe facing a charge of physical abuse. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded out of custody to July 29 for continuation of…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FOUR Harare City Council (HCC) bosses who are in remand for allegedly illegally awarding a US$9 million streetlights tender to a company owned by businessman Moses Mpofu, Juluka Ennd Joint Venture have been denied bail. In a the bail ruling yesterday, magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa said the four accused persons concealed important…
GOVERNMENT is sweating over power cuts saying they are struggling to supply enough electricity as the country’s economy is growing rapidly. Speaking in the Senate last week, deputy energy minister Yeukai Simbanegavi said it was difficult to improve the country’s electricity situation due to a number of reasons. “I can start by saying our electricity…
THE Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) says it is pushing to enhance its digitalisation services in a bid to end corruption in land distribution. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the secretary general of the Ucaz, Livison Mutekede, said land corruption had to be dealt with in urban councils. “The association says no to…
By Rutendo Ngara THE bail ruling for four Harare City Council bosses who are in remand prison for allegedly illegally awarding a US$9 million street lights tender to businessman Moses Mpofu’s company Juluka Ennd Joint Venture, has been set for today. The ruling was supposed to be done last Friday, but, however, magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa…
TWO suspected armed robbers who robbed a couple in Harare of cash and property worth US$19 000 were advised to apply for bail at the High Court by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. Thembinkosi Matutu, 47, and Batsirai Hutsi, 21, allegedly robbed Duncan and Reah Hamilton last year and have been on the run since then….
By Rutendo Ngara A FIRST Capital bank teller, Misheck Chisadza, 33, who allegedly defrauded his employer of US$3 000, alleges that he failed to credit some of the cash because the banking system was down. He appeared before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya on Friday facing fraud charges and he was remanded out of custody on…
