AUTHORITIES are under immense pressure to end the current rolling power cuts with Parliament on Wednesday summoning Energy minister Edgar Moyo to issue a detailed statement on how they intend to solve the deepening crisis. This comes after the deputy minister of Energy Yeukai Simbanegavi told the National Assembly last week that Zesa had no…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) says it has cleared its over 2 000 blood units backlog following the recent arrival of test kits it acquired from Europe. The testing kits’ arrival had been delayed as a result of floods which occurred in Dubai which is part of the transit route from…
FLAMBOYANT businessman, Philip Chiyangwa, yesterday held a surprise ceremony at his upmarket Harare home, during which he tied the knot with his “kindred spirit” and long-term partner, Sarah Frankis. The colourful wedding was presided over by wellknown preacher, Walter Magaya — the founder and leader of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries — as well as…
THE government now plans to probe all the country’s cities and towns. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently set up a commission of inquiry to investigate Harare City Council. It also comes amid concerns that most local authorities, especially those in urban areas, are havens of corruption — thereby seriously affecting service delivery there….
Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE government yesterday came out guns blazing, saying it is ready to deal with activists who are allegedly planning to cause anarchy in the country ahead of next month’s Sadc summit in the capital. This comes as supporters of 79 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members recently arrested for allegedly convening an…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country hit the right chord by introducing the new structured currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), as the previous currency was eroded by inflation. Speaking during the Zanu PF national consultative assembly in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa hailed the populace for accepting the new currency which has remained relatively…
By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigating officer Gamuchirai Zimunhu in businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu’s alleged fraud case says granting the duo bail will trigger public protests. Mpofu and Chimombe, whose Blackdeck Company is said to have only one employee, are facing US$7 million fraud charges emanating from an allegedly botched presidential…
Sharmaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITERchirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are escalating their investigations into the disturbing security breaches this week at the Harare home of the deputy minister of Finance, David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said law enforcement agents were “seized…
TRADITIONAL leaders will gather in Bulawayo this weekend, as authorities ramp up their efforts to bring finality to the emotive Gukurahundi turmoil of the 1980s. The president of the Chiefs’ Council, Mtshane Khumalo, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that they were stepping up their preparations for the keenly-awaited Gukurahundi outreach programme next month. Khumalo…
BY RUTENDO NGARA HARARE businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu spent another night in custody after magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa rolled over their bail application continuation to today. Chimombe, 43, and Mpofu, 49, are facing US$7 million fraud charges involving the presidential pass-on goat scheme following their arrest on Wednesday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)….
