By Brandon Josphat and Jeffrey Muvundisi CHAOS rocked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) general elections candidates’ selection which started yesterday as the opposition party was forced to abort the process as some of the outfit’s supporters did not find their names in its database. In some areas visited by the Daily News in Harare and…
DEPUTY minister of Foreign Affairs David Musabayana has said Zimbabwe’s engagement drive is bearing fruits as the country is now ready to join the Brics countries. Brics is an acronym for five leading emerging economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The first four were initially grouped as “Bric” in 2001 by Goldman Sachs…
By Ketty Nyoni LEADING chain supermarket retailer, OK Zimbabwe, yesterday launched its glitzy popular annual OK Grand Challenge promotion, which will see lucky customers winning over US$1 million in prizes. Its 34th promotion will end on June 3 and is running under the theme “My Happy Place”. The grand winner would walk away with a…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will select its parliamentary and local government candidates for the country’s upcoming national elections today. At the same time, political analysts have warned that the CCC’s chosen and “untested” method for conducting this key process could destabilise the party if this was not carefully managed. This comes as CCC…
AUTHORITIES will probe allegations of money laundering and gold smuggling raised in the four-part Al Jazeera documentary. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government was seized with the matter — warning further that those implicated in the allegations would face the full wrath of the law if their culpability…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) says Bulawayo province has the highest crime rate among the country’s 10 provinces. This comes as the police have expressed concern over the spike in crime in the country, especially armed robberies, murder, rape and drug abuse. In a presentation, on Monday, of the 2022 fourth…
THE government says it is equipping frontline workers at Beitbridge Border Post with counselling and psychosocial skills for them to help in returning migrants’ reintegration. This comes as the government expects to receive more than 179 000 Zimbabweans former holders of special permits issued by the South African government, who are facing deportation if they…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government is contemplating reviewing upwards this agricultural marketing season’s producer prices in a bid to cushion farmers’ incomes against inflation. This comes amid concerns that the pre-planting prices initially set by the government for this season of US$335 for a tonne of maize, US$597.59 for soya beans and US$687.23 for sunflower,…
By Ketty Nyoni AUTHORITIES have blacklisted 13 companies for trading on the resurgent parallel foreign currency market, amid a jump in the prices of basic goods as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to weaken. Yesterday, the under pressure local unit was trading at between $1 300 and $1 700 to the much-coveted United States greenback on…
A VIDEO and television editing expert has testified that the video clip that was submitted as evidence by the State in opposition legislator Job Sikhala’s obstruction of justice trial was edited. The Zengeza West MP appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday for the continuation of his defence case. Sikhala, who has been in remand…
