THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has embarked on a blitz targeting socialites who are allegedly advertising unauthorised skin bleaching products on social media. The move comes amid concerns over the increase in unregistered skin lightening products on social media, including skin peeling oil, bleaching intravenous and a mixture of a number of unknown…
Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw RETAILERS are fretting over the rejection of the ZiG by the informal sector, saying the development is retrogressive as it militates against the country’s economic growth. In that regard, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) president Denford Mutashu has directed informal retailers and wholesalers to accept ZiG as a medium of exchange….
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s health sector has started reaping the benefits of medicinal cannabis with some companies now producing vital medicines from the plant. Speaking at the launch of CannaQure, a cannabis-based medicinal product developed by Ivory Medical, in Harare last Friday, Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust president Zoro Maroveke highlighted that the product…
THE relationship between the environment and travel and tourism has been under the spotlight a great deal in recent years and in…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has implored all stakeholders to support the ZiG to the hilt in their own interest and that of the country and its economy. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu also warned traders in the informal sector who are…
RESIDENTS of the country’s second city are at significant risk of contracting serious diseases, after recent tests by authorities established that the metropolis’ water is contaminated with human and animal faeces. The tests were done on both tap and borehole water, including at major hotels and shopping centres. Bulawayo City Council (BCC) officials say more…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE infighting in Zanu PF’s Harare Province has turned nasty amid suspensions and counter suspensions by top executives for various reasons. This comes after a faction aligned to the provincial chairperson Godwills Masimirembwa suspended political commissar Kudakwashe Damson and nine others over misconduct allegations last Thursday. However, a day later, Damson and…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA THE minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, has warned urbanites against the invasion of land earmarked for agriculture without the necessary legal conversion procedures by other line ministries. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday after officiating at the Zimbabwe Online Agricultural College graduation ceremony last Friday, Masuka said land barons should desist…
MDC infighting continues unabated with the rival factions now embroiled in a serious battle over the name of the party and as they all claim that they were left in charge of the opposition outfit by its founder, the late Morgan Tsvangirai. In papers filed at the High Court recently, the MDC led by Douglas…
LEADING financial institution, Stanbic Bank, is linking local companies to access the international market to increase economic growth and remove bottlenecks associated with importing or exporting goods and services. This was confirmed yesterday by Stanbic chief executive Solomon Nyanhongo in an interview with the Daily News on the sidelines of the Stanbic China Day in…
