Emmerson Njanjamangezi RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is going to continue with the foreign currency auction system as a dependable source of foreign currency for the productive sectors of the economy, governor John Mangudya has said. This comes amid calls for the central bank to return to the interbank market following a slew of allotment…
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, accused of bribing councillors to vote him into office in the 2018 Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) elections, wants the charges dropped. Kamambo is alleged to have sent mobile money to Zifa councillors for their votes in an election he edged former association president, Phillip Chiyangwa, who is the complainant in the…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya and Andile Tshuma THE financial crunch ravaging most local authorities has seen most of them, including Harare and Bulawayo, suffering an acute shortage of ambulances and fire engines. In Harare, the municipality now only has two on-the-road ambulances and six fire engines servicing a population estimated at more than two million people. “The…
ZIMBABWEANS residing in South Africa have been urged to be vigilant in the face of escalating xenophobic attacks in the country. This…
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says it is assessing the impact of a light earthquake which was felt in Southern districts on Tuesday evening. The MSD yesterday said the light earthquake was at magnitude of 4.1 and its epicentre was in Matobo District, Matabeleland South. It was also felt in Bulawayo. “An earthquake was felt…
THE Stage is set for a bruising battle in the March 26 by-elections across the country after the country’s three major political parties, Zanu PF, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the MDC Alliance led by Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, candidates successfully lodged their papers with nomination courts yesterday. This comes as the High Court last…
T RANSPORT minister Felix Mhona, pictured, says motorists can now access number plates at the country’s borders. Mhona told the Daily News yesterday that…
YESTERDAY’s High Court ruling, which blocked by-elections from being held in six constituencies, has potentially set the stage for more bloodletting within the country’s opposition. The ruling came as the MDC warned anew that it would recall more MPs from Parliament who were elected to the august House on the Alliance ticket — with some…
Melisa Chatikobo GOVERNMENT is targeting to turn 35 000 hectares of land across the country into agribusiness units as it seeks to industrialise rural farmers in its bid to create a US$8,5 billion industry by 2025. Speaking at the appointment of Agricultural Finance Corporation Insurance Company (AFCIC) board members in Harare yesterday, Agriculture minister Anxious…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will launch a new mobile voter registration blitz next month, in preparation for a constituency delimitation exercise ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 general elections. Zec chief elections officer, Utoile Silaigwana, said yesterday that the voter registration campaign would be conducted in two phases. “The first phase shall run…
