THE government says it is not considering adoption of crypto currency as a legal instrument contrary to recent media reports. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, said Zimbabwe was satisfied with the performance of the local currency and the US dollar which are legal tender. “The government would…
HOME Affairs permanent secretary Aaron Nhepera has called for concerted efforts with strategic partners in ending the war against human trafficking which he admitted was a challenge. Speaking at the end of a four-day workshop on anti-human trafficking in Mutare yesterday, Nhepera said government and its stakeholders needed to think outside the box to contain…
HORDES of Zanu PF supporters clad in party regalia yesterday clashed with illegal money changers and some vendors over vending bays in…
MDC boss Douglas Mwonzora is reaching out to all his opposition counterparts, including Nelson Chamisa, in a bid to present a united front when they engage President Emmerson Mngangagwa in the long-mooted national dialogue. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi said it would not be optimal for them to hold talks with Mnangagwa…
IN A landmark ruling delivered at the High Court yesterday, fathers will now be able to apply for birth certificates for their children born out of wedlock even in the absence of the mothers. High Court judge, Justice Owen Tagu ordered the Registrar of Births and Deaths to allow fathers to register birth certificates for…
DOVES Funeral Services and the Chimwamurombe family have agreed to exhume the body of the late Maxwell in a bid to put to rest the impasse over his burial saga. The Chimwamurombes alleged that they were presented with a coffin without a corpse for burial after Maxwell had passed away in a drowning incident in…
FIDELITY Printers and Refiners (FPR) will soon set up mobile gold buying centres in rural areas to cater for small scale miners who might find difficulties in accessing banks, especially during weekends. FPR is a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) which has the sole mandate of buying, refining and exporting gold. The…
THE government is having sleepless nights over the continued desecration of cultural shrines in and outside the country, including Sekuru Kaguvi’s grave. Responding to enquiries by legislators during a question-and-answer session in the Senate, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had directed him to come up with a strategic plan on how…
ZANU PF has deployed its politburo members around the country to audit the party’s grassroots structures ahead of the former liberation movement’s outstanding provincial elections. This comes amid fears that fake structures abound in the ruling party which is wracked by growing factionalism which recently prompted the indefinite suspension of the regional polls. Zanu PF…
AUTHORITIES have cancelled two concessions that had been awarded to a Chinese company in Mashonaland East, following complaints by villagers who were set to be displaced by the granite mining project. This comes after local community leaders wrote to the government in August saying that they had not been consulted when the concessions were awarded…
