Staff writer in BULAWAYO CHINA has intensified efforts to lay the groundwork for Zimbabwe to fully benefit from its new zero-tariff policy, a move expected to surge exports, lure investment, and ignite the nation’s industrialisation drive. This follow’s China’s implementation of a zero-tariff treatment for products from 53 African countries with diplomatic ties on May…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has unveiled a sweeping emergency rehabilitation programme targeting rivers damaged by illegal and destructive alluvial mining, with the Minister…
Tapiwa Chirume MUTARE City Council is implementing a US$7 grave maintenance fee for structural repairs, renovations, and private landscaping works at gravesites in the city’s cemeteries, amid growing public concern over cemetery charges.The development has sparked debate among residents following reports that some people believed they were being charged to visit graves or lay flowers…
Brandon JosphatIN A surprise development, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Sengezo Tshabangu has said that it does not support the government’s proposed law changes in their current form.In this regard, the party has called for significant changes to Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 (CAB3) to align the draft laws with “national…
Masimba Makwembere EXPERTS have called on companies to prioritise employee wellness and invest in mental health support systems, warning that neglecting workers’…
Brandon Josphat REDUCING the country’s unacceptably high road carnage requires the active participation and support of all key stakeholders, authorities have reiterated.Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Rafael Faranisi, stressed anew yesterday that the government would not tame Zimbabwe’s traffic…
Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that Zimbabwe’s economy is now on an “irreversible growth trajectory,” while urging the country’s youth to defend the nation and reject efforts to denigrate it.Speaking during the burial of national hero Brigadier-General (Retired) Donald Silundi Tshuma at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, Mnangagwa said the country’s economic…
Tapiwa Chirume AUTHORITIES say they are ramping up efforts to control quelea bird outbreaks through the deployment of drone surveillance and other modern technologies ahead of the winter wheat harvest season.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the deputy director of Migratory Pest Control in the ministry of Agriculture, Simbarashe Nyamasoka, said authorities were already responding…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A 64-YEAR-OLD man from Zvishavane has appeared in court facing murder charges after allegedly killing his wife of 33 years and burning her body in an attempt to conceal the crime following a dispute over his plans to take a second wife.Kenneth Masuku, of Mabele Village under Chief Hwedza, appeared before Zvishavane…
LEGAL experts and economists have defended Zimbabwe’s newly introduced grain and oilseed import levies, saying the measures are legally grounded in the…
