GOVERNMENT says it is currently devising solutions meant to minimise costs in agricultural production in a bid to improve food security. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Lands, Obert Jiri, said farmers were worried over high costs of production. “As a ministry we are focused on production issues…
FORMER ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary, John Basera, yesterday appeared at the High Court where he confirmed that Blackdeck, a company contracted by the government to supply 600 000 goats, met all the tender conditions. Basera, now the ministry of Local Government permanent, was testifying in the trial of two Harare businessmen, Mike Chimombe and…
BUY Zimbabwe, in collaboration with Select Research, will today award best performing brands in the country as a way of promoting local products. This comes as Buy Zimbabwe recently undertook research on the market for consumer preferences on different products and brands that include agricultural produce, foodstuffs, beverages, cooking oil, and clothing. In a statement…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the country’s power supply needs by offering future-fit, sustainable financing solutions for renewable energy projects, particularly in support of the mining sector. Speaking at the annual Chamber of Mines President’s Dinner in Victoria Falls recently, Stanbic Bank chief executive (CE), Solomon Nyanhongo, said the bank, a…
SOUTH Africa minister for Minerals and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe said his country is initiating discussions with Zambia and Zimbabwe on the…
Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PLANS are afoot by authorities to compel big tech companies like Google and Facebook to provide financial support to under-pressure local mainstream media houses, as has happened in many other countries. Speaking at State House in Harare yesterday, at the launch of the Zimbabwe Media Policy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the continuing…
THE country’s number one business publication and prime voice for industry and commerce, The Financial Gazette, is teaming up with China’s top…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the Tuesday Sebakwe road traffic accident a national disaster with the government providing assistance to the bereaved families. This comes as 12 people were killed in the road traffic accident along the Harare-Bulawayo road near Kwekwe. A petrol tanker collided with a two-tonne truck and a Nissan AD van, resulting…
By Yvonne Ncube A CHILLING crime has shaken the community of Gokwe in the Midlands Province after a female vendor was arrested for allegedly injecting and draining blood from a 10-yearold girl at her market stall. The accused has been identified as Mavis Sibanda, 33, and was arrested on Monday morning in Gokwe Town, where…
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