Takudzwa Dhambu SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe has counselled its nationals operating businesses in the country to comply fully with local laws. In this regard, the embassy made it abundantly clear to Chinese citizens resident in the country yesterday that compliance with Zimbabwean laws was a “non-negotiable foundation of all operations”. “In…
A LOCAL freight company, Expert Freight (Pvt) Limited, has landed in trouble after allegedly breaching the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) system and failing to pay ZiG130 000 in import duty. The company’s representative, Bright Machawira, appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday and was granted US$300 bail. According to the State, Zimra introduced the Automated System…
Thabiso Mutirwara THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) says the recent isolated showers in most parts of the country do not signify the start of the planting season, and farmers should not be tempted to sow their crops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MSD spokesperson James Ngoma said the country had experienced generally sunny conditions…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has revealed a worrying increase in fatal road traffic accidents, reporting a rise of 30,2 percent during the second quarter of 2025. In his presentation of the second quarter 2025 Transport Statistics Report yesterday, Zimstat manager of services statistics Mukoki Kureva said more effort was needed to curb accidents….
ANXIOUS authorities are ramping up their efforts to curb Zimbabwe’s worsening drug scourge and stop international cartels from running amok in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed yesterday that authorities were intensifying their work to protect members of the public from…
INDUSTRY experts have called for deliberate policies to strengthen Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector and ensure greater participation of local producers in the mining supply chain. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president and group managing director of General Beltings Holdings Limited, Joseph Gunda, said a significant portion of export earnings…
CHIEF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolences following the death of at least 42 Zimbabweans and Malawians in a horrific bus accident near Makhado in Limpopo, South Africa, on Sunday. The bus was travelling from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to Harare and onward to Malawi when it veered off the…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has ordered businessman Murombo Josiah Mimana to continue supporting his estranged wife, Marvel Mtisi, ruling that he has the financial capacity to sustain the family’s upkeep — previously pegged at US$20 000 per month. In a judgment handed down last week, Justice Fatima Maxwell directed Mimana to…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF REPORTER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on members of the security forces to emulate the dedication and professionalism of past commanders and officers in safeguarding the nation’s sovereignty and advancing its interests. Speaking during the burial of the late national hero, Victor Mzheri, at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa…
CHIEF WRITER THE government is in the process of establishing a Border Management Authority to strengthen surveillance along the country’s borders and ports of entry, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said. The authority would be responsible for executing frontline border law enforcement functions related to, among other things, port health, immigration control, access control,…
