Top Stories

AUDITOR General (AG) Mildred Chiri says the ball is in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)’s court to further probe corruption allegations as they submit all their audit reports to the anti-graft body after completing their inquiries. Speaking before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts held virtually yesterday, Chiri said their reports were a precursor…

MDC Alliance officials, including secretary-general Chalton Hwende, have received praise from many Zimbabweans for finally publicly embracing the country’s national coronavirus vaccination programme. This comes after the alliance snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s invitation in March this year to take part in the country’s launch of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the resort town of Victoria…

A KEY witness in the case in which businessman Farai Jere is accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3million in a smart meters’ supply deal in connivance with the parastatal’s employees has absolved the defendants of any wrongdoing.  Julius Mapipi, who was part of the entourage that travelled…

OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora is confident that the government remains committed to much-needed national dialogue in the country, even as he is disappointed by the pace of developments in this regard. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, in the wake of the political and social upheavals that have rocked neighbouring South Africa, Mwonzora also reiterated…

SEVERAL Magwegwe West high density suburb residents are in a fix after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) resolved to repossess the residential stands after they reportedly failed to clear outstanding payments.  A Town, Lands and Planning Committee report shows that the local authority allocated 390 residential stands in Magwegwe West to beneficiaries in 2018 on…

BUDGET airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe, has taken delivery of a new Embraer ERJ145 aircraft into domestic commercial service in the country.  The brand new 50-seater aircraft landed at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport on Friday where it was unveiled. The plane would be servicing the Bulawayo-Harare route.  The ERJ145 is a regional jet produced by…

THE lead investigator into an alleged scandal in which businessman Farai Jere is accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution…

POLITICAL analysts say the current chaos engulfing neighbouring South Africa means that the regional powerhouse’s ability to intervene in Zimbabwe’s decades-long political…

ZIMBABWE’S daily Covid-19 fatalities have surpassed the three-digit mark after 102 people succumbed to the respiratory virus on Friday alone, while over 2 000 cases were recorded.  This comes as the country’s previous highest daily death toll from the virus was 80, which was recorded earlier this year at the height of the second wave…

YOUTH-FRIENDLY financial institution, Empowerbank, has in the last three years availed to at least 3 000 youths loans to embark on various…