Rumbidzai Ngwenya GEO Pomona Waste Management Company, tasked with implementing the capital’s waste-to-energy project, has written to Harare City Council (HCC) demanding payment of US$780 000 for services rendered in May. The company also told city fathers that their recent move, through mayor Jacob Mafume, to suspend the Pomona deal was null and void. In…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has sent its general manager Arthur Manase on leave to pave way for investigations into alleged corruption in the organisation. This comes after Nssa has been under the spotlight from different state entities, including the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc). In a statement yesterday, Nssa board chairperson…
COTTON Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) bosses Pious Manamike and Maxmore Njanji, who were arrested on corruption allegations, will have to wait a bit before their fate regarding pre-trial freedom is determined. Their bail ruling was expected yesterday after they spent the weekend behind bars, but it was moved to tomorrow as the presiding magistrate was…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants yesterday petitioned the Public Service Commission (PSC) demanding them to stop meddling in Premier Services Medical Aid Society (Psmas) affairs. This comes after the police last week stopped civil servants from attending a crucial Psmas annual general meeting (AGM) in Harare. The AGM failed to take place. The petition was…
Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw GEOGENIX BV, the company implementing the Pomona waste-to-energy project, says it will not be billing Harare residents directly for dumping waste at the dumpsite. The Netherlands and Italian investor sealed a Euro 304 million deal with Harare City Council (HCC) in May that will see the transformation of the biggest waste facility…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE push by some church leaders for inclusive national dialogue is escalating, in a bid to help ensure peace ahead of next year’s crunch general elections. Speaking during the launch of the ‘Zimbabwe We Want’ campaign at the weekend, outspoken cleric and leader of the Zimbabwe Divine Destiny, Bishop Ancelimo…
THE police have vowed they will not be bullied by politicians who seek to interfere with their constitutional duties. This comes amid allegations that the police were interfering with elections at tertiary institutions, including polls held at the University Zimbabwe on Friday. The police were accused of stopping students affiliated with the Zimbabwe National Students…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hailed Zimbabwe’s relations with China saying the Asian nation was playing a critical role in the country’s infrastructural development. Mnangagwa was speaking soon after receiving Chinese Communist Party politburo member and former Foreign minister Yang Jiechi at State House in Harare yesterday. Yang arrived in the country on…
GROWING calls by Zanu PF’s women’s league for the ruling party to amend its constitution to accommodate a female vice president will effectively consolidate President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s power as he moves towards a second term in office, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts said the calls were likely to…
HARARE is in a fix over the fate of Zimbabweans living in South Africa whose exemption permits expire at the end of this year and face deportation after authorities there resolved that they would not renew them The situation has been exacerbated by the fact that the African Amity NPC and Zimbabwe Permit Holders Association…
