THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has received US$5 million from the Treasury to pay farmers for cereal deliveries, a development expected to ease their financial pressures and stimulate further agricultural investment. In a statement yesterday, GMB chief executive officer, Edson Badarai, confirmed the funding would help clear part of outstanding payments to farmers who delivered…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have started to install prepaid electricity meters in government departments, farms and mines, in a bid to force all key customers to pay for their power and to improve Zesa’s finances. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the deputy minister of the Ministry…
SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER NATIONAL Gallery of Zimbabwe (NGZ) is hosting an opera concert under the banner of A Night of Timeless Arias and Refined Voices today courtesy of the Friends of the Gallery, in partnership with the Festival of Song Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Association of Choral and Music Arts (ZACMA). The event aims to…
THE police have warned the public against a sophisticated online scam involving the purported sale of tractors and other goods from neighbouring countries. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said they were aware that criminal syndicates were orchestrating fake high-value transactions, primarily in South African Rand. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) warns the public against…
TWO men from Mutare have each been sentenced to 45 years in prison for the gruesome murder of a Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officer whose body was later found dumped on a railway line in Chikanga. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA) yesterday, the convicts, Brighton Gowero, 29, and Takunda…
Ashley Moyo and Anesu Mirisawu SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS GOSPEL musician Janet Manyowa is headlining an extraordinary Worship Night at the Call to Worship Global Annual Worship event tomorrow at Harare Gardens. The worship encounter — now in its 17th year — has become an important part of Zimbabwe’s Christian calendar and this year’s edition will…
ZIMBABWE is calling for US$4billion in investment from global partners to fully implement its National Energy Compact, a comprehensive strategic blueprint designed to end power shortages, accelerate economic growth, and light up currently un-reticulated urban areas. Speaking at the Africa Capital Markets Forum in Sandton, South Africa, yesterday, Energy and Power Development minister July Moyo…
THE beginning of the 28th edition of the Mining, Engineering, and Transport Expo (Mine Entra) in Bulawayo yesterday, running concurrently with the AfriConfex event, is more than just another annual trade fair, it marks a crucial inflection point for the country’s industrial and economic narrative. In our article yesterday that it is “all systems go”…
Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw THE City of Masvingo has proposed new penalties for residents who urinate, defecate, or smoke in public spaces, as part of the 2026 annual proposed tariffs aimed at curbing unhygienic and disorderly behaviour in the city. The crackdown is part of the council’s intensified campaign to promote cleanliness and restore…
Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of preparing to wage war against it in collusion with an opposition grouping, in the latest sign of…

