AUTHORITIES have given the green light to companies and individuals with free funds to import grain without paying duty, as the country moves to avert hunger. This was confirmed by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday, after he signed a US$17,4 million grant from Japan in Harare for the further improvement of the country’s road infrastructure….

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has announced that the two council by-elections set for today in Harare and Chinhoyi will cost US$70 000. The two by-elections are being held following the recall of former Harare mayor and ward 36 councillor Lovejoy Chitengu, while the ward 4 Chinhoyi municipality vacancy occurred as a result of the…

CONSTRUCTION of a major road in Makuti, Mashonaland West Province, that links most Sadc countries yesterday got a boost of US$17,4 million from Japan. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, after signing of the grant for phase 2 road improvement of north-south corridor between Makuti and Hell’s Gate in Mana Pools, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube,…

THE government says the distribution of food aid across the country is going to be apolitical as Zimbabwe grapples with the effects of the El-Nino-induced drought. Responding to questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Social Welfare deputy minister, Mercy Dinha, said authorities were registering every person in need of food aid across the country….

THE country is set for another by-election after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced April 27 as the date for polls in two Harare constituencies. The by-elections were occasioned by the resignation of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mt Pleasant legislator Fadzayi Mahere and her Harare East counterpart, Rusty Markham, from Parliament recently. In an extraordinary Government…

THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed fuel prices upwards both in foreign and local currency. Diesel in local currency was selling for $18 265.37 and was increased to $26 086.51 per litre while in foreign currency it was trading at US$ 1.67 and went up to US$ 1.69 per litre.Petrol in local currency…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the nation that no one will starve despite the threatening El Nino-induced drought saying his government had put in place contingent measures. This comes as farmers have lost all hope of harvesting anything from their fields this season with the government advising that they make animal feed from the drying…