Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE government has put together a ZiG100 million stimulus package, in a bid to spur business and to boost the creation and preservation of much-needed jobs in the country. In this regard, authorities will use this facility to provide concessionary funding to manufacturers with bankable projects nationwide, seeking to expand, retool…
POLITICAL EDITOR THE government is contemplating scrapping salaries for student nurses, arguing the payments have caused problems in the recruitment process, evidenced by the growing number of applicants. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, deputy Health minister Sleiman Kwidini said they want to emulate the system used by the ministry of Primary and Secondary…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka says the government owes farmers US$26 million for produce delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Masuka said this is despite a policy requiring payment within hours of delivery. “I must start by unreservedly apologising on behalf of the government…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER POLICE have made a series of arrests across the country following major crimes committed over the past week, including armed robberies involving machetes, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has confirmed. Nyathi yesterday said the police in Mazowe on November 13 arrested a 12-member machete-wielding gang linked to a spate of…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES have commissioned 56 houses for people who were relocated due to the construction of Kunzvi Dam in Murewa. According to Agriculture ministry permanent secretary Obert Jiri, the relocation process was part of a broader commitment to ensure that displaced communities “build back better”. “Kunzvi Dam is expected to ease…
Political Editor LAWMAKERS are concerned that poor Zimbabweans have yet to experience the country’s growing economic stability. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Members of Parliament thus urged authorities to intensify their efforts to lower the country’s high cost of living for the benefit of needy citizens. This comes after the recent pledge by…
THE Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) recorded a 14 percent surge in total mineral sales to 3,8 million tonnes for the nine months to September 2025, reflecting robust operational activity in the sector. Speaking at the MMCZ annual general meeting, the country’s minerals marketing agent’s general manager, Nomusa Moyo, said the total mineral sales…
RUTENDO NGARA Senior Staff Writer POLICE have raised fears that there are individuals attempting to defeat the course of justice by mobilising US$200 000 to compromise investigators in fraud and rape-accused Walter Magaya’s ongoing case. Magaya who was recently granted US$3 000 bail by High Court judge, Justice Gibson Mandaza, is along with his wife…
OMEGA UKAMA THERE is an urgent need for a strategic partnership between the country’s formal businesses and the informal sector. So says the chief executive of Old Mutual Zimbabwe, Samuel Matsekete, who adds that such collaboration will lift the economy and drive inclusive growth. Speaking in Harare on Friday, at this year’s glitzy and well-attended…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBU CLAIMS that the late former president Robert Mugabe’s vehicles are on display in Ghana are false; the cars were donated to the Museum of African Liberation in Harare. This announcement was made yesterday by the Institute of African Knowledge (INSTAK) after social media was awash with misleading claims about the whereabouts of the…
