August 2026

Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has ordered commercial enterprises to digitalise their internal accounting structures to align with the state’s automated revenue monitoring systems.Speaking at a corporate breakfast meeting held alongside the Midlands Agricultural Show in Gweru at the weekend, Zimra domestic taxes regional manager Mkhululi Nkulumo stated that digital integration was…

SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI HARARE City Council has launched a major crackdown against unlicensed and roaming dogs, warning negligent pet owners that unregistered animals will be impounded and owners heavily fined.The enforcement exercise follows a sharp surge in stray dog attacks across residential suburbs, several of which resulted in severe injuries and fatalities.Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday,…

RUTENDO NGARESenior Staff Writer AS Zimbabwe prepares for the 2026/27 El Niño season, the government is ramping up irrigation rehabilitation to boost national cereal cultivation.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, Obert Jiri, stated that at least 2 000 hectares have been rehabilitated so far ahead of the…

Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITER THREE psychiatric inmates at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison have appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court charged with murder after allegedly suffocating a fellow inmate to death inside their cell.Tafadzwa Musenami, Panashe Mategude, and Godfrey Zikumwa appeared before magistrate Ruth Moyo on Friday and were remanded in custody with instructions to apply…

Brighton MuronzereyiCHIEF WRITER PARLIAMENT workers must resolve grievances through constructive dialogue rather than industrial conflict, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, has urged.Speaking during the induction workshop for Parliament workers in Kadoma at the weekend, Mudenda said the august house’s workers committee had an important responsibility to represent non-managerial employees while promoting effective…