THE government is planning to take significant steps to cushion formal businesses from unregulated traders, the permanent secretary of the ministry of Industry, Thomas Utete Wushe, confirmed yesterday. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Utete Wushe also said authorities would soon introduce more measures to further promote the wider…
Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has received 1 000 high quality doses of frozen bull semen from Indonesia to boost the quality of the country’s livestock breeds. The delivery also includes a frozen semen container to support storage and transportation of the semen. The latest delivery from Indonesia would see the country improving the…
AS THE country’s second city continues to grapple with hordes of inebriated halfwits who routinely urinate in public spaces, municipal officials will now go after all unlicensed liquor stores. Speaking during a full council meeting this week, the mayor of Bulawayo, David Coltart, said there was an alarming increase in shebeens being established by residents…
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has died. He was 84. Ministry of Information permanent secretary Nick Mangwana confirmed the death to the Daily News yesterday. He died in India where he was receiving medical attention. Mphoko, a veteran of the country’s liberation struggle, was born on June 11, 1940. A politician, businessman and former military…
ASPIRING Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) vice president Gift Banda has been granted US$500 bail pending trial on allegations of forging an Ordinary Level (‘O’ Level) examination result slip. Banda yesterday appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Sibongile MsipaMarondedze facing one count of forgery and pleaded not guilty. He was remanded to January 3, 2025 for trial….
HUMANITARIAN organisations, including Oxfam Zimbabwe, Hope for a Child in Christ (Hocic) and Start Network, have collaborated to deliver food assistance to over 20 000 people in Matabeleland South Province’s food insecure areas. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared this year’s drought a state of national disaster and appealed for international assistance. Speaking to…
Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THERE are growing concerns over the future of major retail shops in the country, in the face of the ubiquitous and unregulated informal sector. Appearing before the parliamentary committee on Budget and Finance this week, the president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), Denford Mutashu, confirmed that…
Shamaine Chirimujiri STAFF WRITER THE government says it remains committed to creating an environment where marketers, brands, and agencies could thrive locally and internationally. Speaking at the Superbrand Awards organized by the Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ) in Harare recently, Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development minister Monica Mutsvangwa, emphasized the importance of…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday dismissed an application for referral to the Constitutional Court filed by fraud-accused Harare businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe. In his ruling, Justice Kwenda, who described the application as frivolous and vexatious, said that the two should have raised their issue at the…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw ENVIRONMENTAL Social Governance (ESG) goals, which seek to ensure that Zimbabwe meets its current needs without compromising the future, can only be achieved if business, the government and civil society work together. ESG Network Zimbabwe executive director Willard Razawo made the remarks during the 8th Zimbabwe National ESG and Responsible…
