Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ZIMBABWE has the second highest petrol and third highest diesel prices in Africa, figures by leading provider of retail energy price data around the world, GlobalPetrolPrices, show. In this regard, Zimbabwe is only topped by Malawi, which had the highest petrol and diesel prices per litre on the continent, and…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER OPPOSITION stalwart Amos Chibaya and former Zimbabwe National Students Union president Allan Chipoyi have filed an urgent High Court chamber application seeking to halt parliament proceedings on Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3. In their founding affidavit, Chibaya and Chipoyi argued that the proceedings should be stopped because public hearings on…
A SOMBRE mass funeral for 12 victims of the Bulawayo–Beitbridge Road explosion was held at Doves Funeral Services yesterday, as the nation mourns one of the country’s most devastating road tragedies in recent times. The victims died instantly when a Toyota Quantum vehicle exploded on Thursday along the Bulawayo–Beitbridge Road, between Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage and…
ZIMBABWE’S standing on the Global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has deteriorated in recent years, highlighting deepening concerns over governance and the effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts, according to Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ). This comes after the country was ranked 158 out of 180 countries in the 2024 CPI, indicating a high level of perceived public sector…
DIVERSIFIED agricultural firm Ariston Holdings Limited produced 1 487 tonnes of tea in the year ended September 30, 2025, marking a sharp 52 percent decline from the previous year.According to audited financial results released last week, company chairman Michael Allan Bailey attributed the drop to reduced production, which also weighed down revenue.“During the year ended…
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has dismissed allegations that he is in the pocket of Zanu PF.Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Chamisa flatly rejected frenzied claims that he had been bribed by ruling party bigwigs to not oppose the government’s proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 — describing…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned against the abuse of social media and the spread of harmful online content, saying the government will tighten regulation of digital platforms while stepping up protections against unethical use of technology. In his Independence Day speech in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, yesterday, Mnangagwa said the government was already reviewing policies governing…
INTERNATIONAL fertiliser producer, Genesis Fertiliser, has called on private sector players in the agriculture sector to work together in order for the country to realise a bumper harvest.Speaking at a field day held in Ward 11, Muzarabani District, Mashonaland Central, last week, Genesis Fertiliser chief executive for Zimbabwe, Ponai Matsenyangwa, said there was a need…
BUSINESSMAN Wicknell Chivayo has pledged to donate US$3.6 million to Parliament, with the funds set to be distributed equally among 360 Members of Parliament and Senators to support constituency development projects across the country.In a statement issued on Independence Day yesterday, Chivayo said he would hand over the money to the Speaker of Parliament this…
ZIMBABWE’S economy has probably experienced a “slightly higher nine percent-plus growth rate” for 2025, as the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s forecasts –…
