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Mnangagwa's govt says it will crush dissent

GOVERNMENT issued a chilling warning yesterday, saying it will not allow swelling public anger over the dying economy to grow into anti-government protests, in what betrays the uneasiness in the corri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

MDC Bulawayo province in turmoil

MDC cadres who lost the provincial elections about a fortnight ago are pushing for the nullification of the poll result, the Daily News can report. In a letter to the party's national executive, the l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's govt in panic mode

Government issued a chilling warning yesterday, saying it will not allow swelling public anger over the dying economy to grow into anti-government protests, in what betrays the uneasiness in the corri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Ex-employees sue Marange Resources over pensions

FORMER Marange Resources employees have taken their ex-employer to court over unpaid pensions amounting to $131 563.Marange Resources is being represented by its director Francis Gudyanga.The former e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

MDC members challenge Bulawayo provincial congress results

SOME members of the MDC's Bulawayo province have filed an appeal to the party's national executive committee (NEC) challenging the process and outcome of the provincial congress held nearly two weeks ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

MINING & RETAIL

RioZim records net loss of US$2,3m

One of the country's top gold producers, RioZim reported a net loss of US$2,3 million in the year ended December 2018 from a net profit of US$8,1 million in 2017 due to a 13% decline in gold output.Th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt only repays 2% of $9,5m domestic debt

GOVERNMENT has, in the first two months of the year, only managed to pay $195 million, or 2%, towards the country's domestic debt which is currently hovering around $9,5 billion, Finance and Economic ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

RTG goes regional to raise forex

Hotelier, Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) is working on securing management contracts for hotels in the region as part of measures to augment the company's capacity to generate foreign currency.RTG chief ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Teachers demand audience with Mnangagwa's govt

The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has requested an urgent meeting with the Public Service Commission to discuss the poor remuneration of its members in relation to the rising cost of ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

State closes case in MDC MP’s falsified address case

The State yesterday closed its case in the matter in which Mt Pleasant legislator Samuel Banda (MDC Alliance) is being accused of contravening a section of the Electoral Act by allegedly falsifying hi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Zanu-PF warns against premature campaigns

THE Zanu-PF youth league in Mashonaland East province has warned members who are already canvassing for parliamentary and party positions for the 2023 elections that they risk disqualification and sus...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Villagers stranded as miner seals boreholes

Villagers in Mutoko were left scavenging for water after a local granite mining company, upon closing shop, sealed off boreholes it had drilled in the area.In his report during a provincial coordinati...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

MSU employs conflicted labour officer

MIDLANDS State University (MSU) has come under fire for employing a Gweru-based labour officer who has been handling cases raised against the institution by close to 100 workers.The university employe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Rushwaya faces another court challenge over ZMF presidency

ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya is facing another court challenge after the Zvishavane-Mberengwa Mining Association (ZMMA) filed an urgent chamber application seeking to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimbabwe's outlook remains bleak - Stanbic

STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe reported a 42% increase in after-tax profit to US$39,15 million in the year to December 2018, but the bank has warned that growth prospects for 2019 remain weak.In a statement ac...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimpapers profits up 68%

ZIMBABWE'S biggest diversified media group, Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) limited's profit for the year ended December 31, 2018 surged 68 percent to US$3,8 million compared to US$2,4 million recorded in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

1 month to clear passports backlog

THE Registrar General's Office has started producing 8 000 passports daily with a view to clear the 28 000 backlog that has accumulated at the passport office over the past years, Home Affairs and Cul...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cotton industry targets $1 billion earnings annually

THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) plans to put a minimum of 100 000 hectares across the country under commercial cotton farming with the sector poised to generate a minimum of US$1 billion annua...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta snaps up 50,1% stake in Afdis

LEADING beverages maker, Delta Corporation, has consolidated its stake in African Distillers Limited (Afdis) after acquiring 50,1 percent share ownership, management has said. Delta Southern Region ge...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

'Private sector frustrates interbank system'

INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has blamed the private sector for frustrating the success of the interbank foreign currency market by shifting goal posts and blaming Government for the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa taken to task for rigging

LOSING MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial executive aspirants have taken the party's president Mr Nelson Chamisa head-on accusing him of manipulating processes at the provincial congress to achieve his ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Anti-Mnangagwa plot exposed?

SOME foreign forces are plotting violent demonstrations in a bid to overthrow the Government but the police are ready to deal with the perpetrators in terms of the law, the Minister of Home Affairs an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe engineers probe fire incident

Air Zimbabwe engineers have launched investigations into the cause of an engine malfunction that resulted in a "brief" tail pipe fire on its Boeing 767-200ER on its way from Johannesburg, South Africa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Sanctions must go, says Gutu

Former MDC-T spokesperson Mr Obert Gutu has admitted that the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West are toxic and hinder socio-economic development. Calling for the removal of the embargo in toto,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Tollgate, vehicle insurance fees to go up 'very soon'

The government says it will raise tollgate fees within weeks.Transport Minister Joel Matiza says the increase in tollgate fees, currently RTGS$2 for small vehicles, RTGS$3 for minibuses, RTGS$4 for bu...

By ZimLive | Published: 29 April 2019

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