TWO security guards, employed by J and P Security, who pleaded guilty on Monday to pocketing US$53 000 they snatched while responding to a Quest Financial Services robbery last month, have been sentenced to 48 months in prison each. Cornelius Muchikange and Nesbert Kachungwe appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera facing theft charges. The two…
THE United Kingdom (UK) says Zimbabwe is a country with great potential which needs to foster national unity, openness and accountability to lift it out of its current economic challenges. Speaking during a debate on Zimbabwe in the House of Lords last week, British minister of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Tariq Mahmood…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is expected to conclude an agreement this week that will see the country exporting water to neighbouring South Africa. Under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) due to be signed on Thursday, Beitbridge Water Treatment Works will supply about 15 million cubic metres of water annually to Musina Municipality. Agriculture, Lands,…
ZIMBABWEANS based in the United States of America (US) are working on the construction of a biotechnology city in Harare aimed at improving the country’s economic and health sectors. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the chairperson of IMPI Inc, a biotech consortium, Tawanda Gumbo, said the city would be anchored on developing…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Atlanta Black Chambers (ABC) trade delegation from the United States of America (US) is in the country to explore business opportunities as it seeks to strengthen Washington’s economic relations with Harare. The delegation, which would be in the country until Sunday, aims to promote trade partnerships and strengthen ties between the…
A HARARE school director, who was recently sentenced to 36 months in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping one of his employees, has approached the High Court seeking to appeal against both the conviction and sentence. Leonard Chiwaya was last month convicted of kidnapping and was sentenced to an effective 24 months in prison…
ZIMBABWE will continue to implement needed political and economic reforms for the benefit of its people, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the United States of America imposed fresh sanctions on 11 locals last week — citing alleged corruption, as well as the political and human rights situation…
THE government is optimistic that the country will find a resolution to the debt that it owes international lenders during next month’s debt clearance talks in Harare. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said discussions on the clearance of the debt remained on course, amid hopes that these would be finalised…
PROFESSORS Without Borders, a United Kingdom-based non-governmental organisation that seeks to improve equitable access to quality education, will today begin a two-day peer counselling and self-empowerment workshop at Women’s University in Africa in Harare. Professors Without Borders’ workshop in Harare is being held in conjunction with Africa Healing Foundation, an international health and community development…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) finds itself mired in a fix after failing to address its long outstanding issue of estimated high bills to residents. Since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in 2020, the local authority has been issuing estimated bills due to movement restrictions imposed by the government then as part of measures to curb…
