STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw DELTA Corporation, a leading beverage manufacturer in the country, reported a lager beer consumption of 2,66 million hectolitres in Zimbabwe last year. This represents an eight percent increase compared to 2023. In its financials released yesterday, Delta Corporation chairman Todd Moyo attributed the achievement to offering affordable prices to consumers. “The growth…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE deputy minister of Finance, David Mnangagwa, says the government is introducing measures to ensure tax compliance and widen the tax base to promote local currency. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Mnangagwa said they were building a tax infrastructure that compels everyone to settle their obligations. “The first port of…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s largest and leading fintech platform, has launched a new international money transfer service that allows customers to send money from the country to several other nations. In a statement yesterday, the company said using the service, EcoCash customers would now be able to send money to several countries, including South Africa, Zambia, Botswana,…
A CHINA-AIDED agricultural demonstration village was officially launched on Wednesday in the Shamva District, Mashonaland Central Province, to enhance agricultural productivity among rural farmers. The demonstration village, the second of its kind set up by a Chinese agricultural expert group in the southern African country, draws inspiration from China’s experience in poverty alleviation and aims…
AFRICAN Distillers (Afdis) says demand for its products significantly improved during the year ended March 31, 2025 due to government controls on illicit imports. The rampant smuggling of cheap counterfeit brands has been a major source of headache for alcoholic beverage makers in Zimbabwe, threatening their viability. Last year, Zimbabwean authorities set out controls on…
THE recent ‘stability’ of the local currency — the ZiG — is masking growing underlying exchange rate pressures, a local stockbroking firm Investiq Oak Wealth (Investiq) has said. In its latest economic outlook report, Investiq noted a “mild upward adjustment” in the interbank rate (IBR) in April 2025. The difference between the official rate and…
Brandon JosphatCHIEF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POLICE Commissioner General, Stephen Mutamba, has directed his officers to modify their checkpoint procedures in a bid to tame the country’s traffic jungle. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed the move yesterday saying this was aimed at fostering more cooperation…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw IN A development that is set to ignite heated debates, Chitungwiza Town Council is looking at banning all-night prayers at churches. Addressing ward 12 residents at the weekend in the sprawling town on the outskirts of Harare, Chitungwiza senior environmental officer, Tongai Mukomondera, said noise from churches had become a big concern…
PARLIAMENT has hit out at truant Cabinet ministers for hampering the speedy passing of Bills. This comes as the Medical Services Amendment, Persons with Disabilities, Mines and Minerals and Parks and Wildlife Amendment Bills and several others before Parliament are lying idle without being processed. Raising a point of national interest in the National Assembly…
PARLIAMENT and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) are set to splash hundreds of thousands of United States dollars on top-of-the-range vehicles and mobile phones for staff. The National Assembly revealed its intention to buy the vehicles in a notice recently published in the Government Gazette. “Bids are invited from reputable suppliers, registered with the Procurement…

