PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Marcia Nyanda as the new permanent secretary in the office of the Vice President and Health and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga, pictured. In a statement yesterday, chief secretary to the president and cabinet Mischek Sibanda said Nyanda has already started her duties. “His Excellency the President Mnangagwa has promoted…
ECOCASH Holdings Zimbabwe has begun a business restructuring exercise as it adopts process automation and refocuses its business in response to a changing operating environment. In a brief statement, the company said the process will result in staff reductions as some roles have become redundant. “The changing economic operating environment has necessitated a strategic refocus…
THE Zimbabwe Forestry Commission (ZFC) has raised concerns over illegal settlers who are occupying plantations and are now destroying the forests. This comes as the country’s deforestation rate is currently at 260 000 hectares per annum with about 30 percent of that caused by tobacco curing. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, ZFC…
TWO police officers who were implicated in a scandal involving five other cops in stealing US$70 000 that was supposed to be booked as evidence following its discovery from a suspect have been granted bail. Maxwell Chidyamudungwe and Tyirai Muzarabani who are facing fraud and theft charges were granted bail on appeal at the High…
THIRTY-FIVE members of an apostolic sect who were last month nabbed for allegedly walking in town while singing a song denouncing poverty will stand trial on September 26. The congregants together with their bishop Kunyenzura Parere of Mirirai Jehovha Apostolic Church, who is also the president of Zimbabwe Transformative Party (ZTP), who are facing allegations…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw INCARCERATED Nyatsime residents accused of public violence for allegedly destroying Zanu PF members’ houses while “avenging “ the death of party member Moreblessing Ali have been denied bail at the High Court. 11 out of the 16 Nyatsime-based members appeared before Justice Fatima Maxwell yesterday appealing against the magistrate’s court’s…
THE demand for Covid-19 vaccinations, especially the third jab, has since Wednesday increased with people now queuing at health facilities to get vaccinated. This comes after authorities scrapped the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors by fully vaccinated people, as the Covid-19 situation in the country continues to improve. Before the announcement on Tuesday, only…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has set October 13 to 15 as the dates for the 15th edition of Sanganai/Hlanganani — World Travel Expo to be held at Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo. Sanganai/Hlanganani — World Tourism Expo is an annual tourism trade fair organised by the ZTA.It showcases the widest variety of Africa’s…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have admitted that the recruitment and deployment of teachers in the country is riddled with corrupt tendencies by unscrupulous government officials. Giving oral evidence before the joint sitting of Primary and Secondary Education and the Public Service parliamentary committees in Harare yesterday, Public Service ministry permanent secretary Simon Masanga said the…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO PADARE/ENKUNDLENI men’s forum has raised concern over the increase in men committing suicide, prompting the organisation to embark on campaigns to help curb the scourge. This comes at a time police have also raised alarm over the rise in cases of suicide in the country. Recent statistics by the World Health…
