Tapiwa Chirume PROPERTY mogul, Philip Chiyangwa, has capped a glittering year after he bagged the Megafest Businessman of the Year Award on Wednesday night. This was in recognition of his significant contributions to the country’s booming real estate sector. This comes after the flamboyant businessman launched a massive housing project — the Nyore Nyore Housing…
RUTENDO NGARA THREE Chinese nationals and two Zimbabweans who allegedly breached a court order barring them from continued extraction and moulding bricks in Marimba, Harare, appeared in court yesterday where they were remanded in custody. Ye Youying, Zhou Jiacheng, Chen Fengzhou, Taurai Pundo, and Ndai Mutarabusha are facing charges of contempt of court and breaching…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA ONE learner died and another one was left in critical condition after the deputy minister of Agriculture Vangelis Haritatos’ vehicle veered off the road and struck them. The incident occurred on Wednesday along the Mutare-Harare Highway, when Haritatos was on his way back to the capital, after attending the official commissioning of Grain…
Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is significantly ramping up its efforts against prominent figures allegedly involved in corrupt activities, having tackled 50 high-profile cases in 2024 alone. This comes as authorities are expediting the crafting of a new law that will protect whistleblowers and witnesses who expose corruption, escalating the push to strengthen…
POLITICAL EDITOR AUTHORITIES must step up their efforts to ensure that the country’s current relative economic stability translates into tangible benefits for all Zimbabweans, key stakeholders say. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper— the stakeholders added yesterday that they also wanted to see the ongoing scarcity of the ZiG in…
Tapiwa Chirume RESIDENTS of Harare and surrounding satellite towns want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to declare the worsening pollution at Lake Chivero — the metropolis’ primary water source — a national disaster. In this regard, nine civic leaders who represent major residents’ associations in Harare, Chitungwiza, Ruwa, Norton and Epworth presented a petition to Mnangagwa’s office…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) has moved to allay public fears over possible bread price increases, clarifying that new grain importation regulations introduced this year will not trigger any rise in the cost of basic commodities. This clarification comes after the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) recently warned that plans to increase…
Thabiso Mutirwara ZESA has suspended the acting mangingdirector of the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), Abel Gurupira, following a series of high-profile power outages that disrupted important national events this month. The suspension comes after power cuts occurred during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Parliament on Tuesday and…
Rutendo Ngara Senior Staff Writer REGIONAL magistrate Sandra Mupindu sentenced Gregory Graham Hall of Kariba to eight years in prison for fraud and forging his mother’s will to name himself as the sole beneficiary of a US$181 000 estate. Hall pleaded with the court for a lighter sentence, citing illness, but Mupindu rejected the plea,…
THE enduring unity, peace and resilience of Zimbabweans has spurred the country’s accelerating economic growth and development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says. In addition, the president said in Harare yesterday, authorities would continue with their policies that had resulted in the current relative economic stability and the lifting of the quality of life of the needy….
