ZIMBABWE’S leading beverage manufacturer Delta Corporation has attributed its growth in the third quarter of 2022 to a stable operating environment in the country. In its third quarter business update, the company, which recorded a revenue growth of 44 percent, said its Zimbabwean business noted a significant increase in trade volumes. “The country, however, benefited…
POLITICAL analysts have joined the growing clamour in the country for this year’s fast approaching harmonised elections to be postponed, to allow Zimbabwe to heal and needed national dialogue to take place first. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts said holding the polls without instituting key electoral reforms and dealing with…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Priscilla Chigumba says the electoral body has set a timeframe to conduct the country’s watershed harmonised elections between July 26 and August 24 this year. She said this on Friday at State House in Harare on Friday, after receiving Parliament’s recommendations on the preliminary…
By Rutendo Ngara THE late mbira music superstar, Stella Chiweshe, has been granted a State-assisted funeral by authorities. This comes after many people within the country’s arts industry unsuccessfully campaigned to have the late ‘Queen of Mbira’ buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, in recognition of her stellar music career. As a result,…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT SOME former University of Zimbabwe students allege they have been left in a quandary as they are failing to secure employment because the institution is failing to issue them with their certificates and transcripts after graduation. The affected students paid all their tuition fees in full and graduated last year.Speaking to the…
By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES say the 2022/23 national crop situation is in a fair condition despite challenges of dry spells, fall armyworm outbreaks and leaching in some parts of the country. Zimbabwe has been receiving favourable rains since last month raising hopes that the country was poised for a bumper harvest this year. In speaking…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat THE chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Priscilla Chigumba, says due attention will be given to Parliament’s and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recommendations on the polls authority’s preliminary delimitation report. Addressing the media at State House in Harare yesterday, after receiving Parliament’s submissions on the report from Mnangagwa, Chigumba…
THE State filed a new murder charge against former police officer Jaison Muvevi yesterday, bringing the total number of his alleged killings to four and two attempted murders. This came to light when he appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure for placement on remand. Muvevi allegedly shot and killed three people in Wedza last Friday…
THE trial of Marry Mubaiwa, who is accused of attempting to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has been scheduled for February 16. The case was supposed to be heard yesterday before Harare Magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, but it was pushed back to next month.This is despite the fact that Mubaiwa’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa,…
By Ashley Moyo THE late mbira music superstar, Stella Chiweshe, has been described as having been one of the country’s best cultural ambassadors, amid a push by some musicians for her to be declared a national heroine. This comes after the veteran musician passed on at her Kuwadzana home in Harare yesterday at the age…
