ZX FUELS lost nearly US$400 000 cash and valuables when seven robbers pounced on its premises in Harare last week. The incident took place at ZX Fuels in Southerton at around 2am last week on Wednesday. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspected robbers, who were armed with two unidentified rifles, sneaked into the…
THE ministry of Labour and Social Welfare has found itself in trouble with Parliament demanding accountability regarding discrepancies in the distribution of $89 million Covid-19 allowances to vulnerable groups. A report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday by the Public Accounts Committee on the Covid-19 pandemic and utilisation of public resources in provinces by ministries revealed…
CASH-STRAPPED Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is apprehensive about the central government’s delay to gazette its proposed tariffs, a move it argues is severely affecting the local authority’s financial performance and consequently service delivery. In February, the government approved BCC’s $23,8 billion budget for this year, a development which saw a rise in rates and rentals…
A WITNESS has claimed Housing minister Daniel Garwe and his wife Sharon Mugabe are behind the criminal charges that led to the arrest of former Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye, pictured. Kagonye is facing theft charges, arising from allegedly writing a letter to the then minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Supa Mandiwanzira, requesting…
BUSINESSMAN Felix Munyaradzi yesterday successfully had a warrant of arrest against him last year cancelled after it was established that it was issued in error. The warrant of arrest was reportedly issued after the High Court had given an order which removed him from remand and the prosecution conceded the position. The fight for his…
ZANU PF is counting on its newly-elected youth league executive to launch a vigorous campaign for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of the…
THE government says it is monitoring the Covid-19 situation in learning institutions before schools are allowed to resume sporting activities amid fears of a fifth wave of the pandemic. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, called on citizens to be vaccinated saying it was the only sure way…
ZESA subsidiary, Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), says it has surpassed its power generation targets by 18,55 percent in the first quarter of 2022. The power utility which surpassed its third quarter power generation targets by 7,69 percent in 2021 said the latest feat was largely driven by output from Hwange and Kariba power stations. In…
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo’s notice of appeal against a provisional order setting aside his letter to remove Jacob Mafume and Arnold Batirai Dube as councillors for ward 17 in Harare and 24 in Bulawayo respectively has been dismissed with costs. On March 28, Moyo wrote to Harare City Council town clerk declaring a vacancy…
ZANU PF is counting on its newly-elected youth league executive to launch a vigorous campaign for President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of the much-awaited 2023 general elections, party national political commissar Mike Bimha says. Bimha told the Daily News in an interview yesterday that the former liberation movement had changed its modus operandi ahead of elections to allow…
