PERSISTENT rains across the country have increased the demand for fertiliser and farmers have bemoaned recent price increases, saying they were now threatening growers’ viability. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) secretary general Paul Zakariya said more top dressing fertiliser was now needed by most farmers as the incessant rains pounding most parts…
ONE of the country’s leading financial institutions, Steward Bank, yesterday said it is embarking on “a retrenchment exercise to rationalise its staffing levels”. In a statement, the bank said: “Following the successful deployment of our new core banking, additional automation of our banking processes and the investments we continue to make in our digital transformation…
Blessings Mashaya and Jeffrey Muvundusi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa is expected in Bulawayo tomorrow to formally unveil the party and to deal with simmering tensions among regional bigwigs following the recent double-fielding of candidates for the March 26 by-elections. Insiders told the Daily News yesterday that emotions remained high among party officials in…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education yesterday released this year’s academic calendar ahead of the reopening of face-to-face learning on Monday. This comes as earlier this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, postponed the commencement of face-to-face classes, which were scheduled for January 10, except for examination classes, on account of a spike in…
Andile Tshuma BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is now disconnecting water from households, government and the commercial sector, as it bids to recover a staggering $2 billion debt it is owed. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, BCC corporate communications manager Nesisa Mpofu said the non-payment of rates was heavily denting the city’s coffers as council…
Shamaine Chirimujiri POLICE have arrested a former member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) for allegedly intruding at State House in Harare…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya EIGHT Harare schools were beneficiaries of Information Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories that were commissioned by ICT minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday. The ICT laboratories were part of the governments’ e-learning strategy aimed at equipping all schools in the country with technological advancements that would enable better education for the learners in pursuit of vision 2030 enunciated by…
LIBERATION struggle stalwart and one of the founders of Zanu PF, Rugare Gumbo, has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party to use the March 26 by-elections to end the country’s history of disputed polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Gumbo — who is the only surviving member of the Dare ReChimurenga (liberation war council)…
PUBLIC sector workers are pushing for an urgent review of their remuneration and other working conditions which they say have been badly affected by the country’s sickly economy. In a letter to Labour minister Paul Mavima yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) — also known as the Apex…
CERVICAL cancer patients are facing challenges in accessing treatment and screening services with health experts calling on the government to direct more…

