THE minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, says they have established 600 cotton selling points to rid the industry of side marketing that is shortchanging contractors. This comes as Masuka recently assured farmers that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) was ready to pay an outstanding US$3 million debt it owes them. Addressing the media in Harare…
BY THABISO MUTIRWA A LOCAL company, Warwickshire Private Limited, says it plans to construct a hotel and lodges near Lake Chivero in Harare. The development forms part of the firm’s 829-hectare Lake City Housing Project, which would feature over 3 000 residential and commercial stands. “We have a hotel and lodges planned on the edge…
BY TAKUDZWA DHAMBU AUTHORITIES have reaffirmed their commitment to addressing legal, social, and economic challenges faced by widows. This comes as Zimbabwe recently joined the global community in commemorating International Widows’ Day. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, the minister of Women Affairs, Monica Mutsvangwa, said the International Widows’ Day served to highlight…
A peace agreement brokered by the White House to stem the bloodshed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a…
The Supreme Court is expected to decide one of the most consequential cases in modern US history on Friday – whether a…
Nato leaders meeting in The Hague have agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2025,…
Donald Trump has warned Israel against launching further attacks on Iran, hours after he said a ceasefire between the two sides had…
“My days and nights are the same. I feel paralysed. I just stare at the ceiling all day and all night.” “I…
A flashy tycoon in Zimbabwe has a nation entranced – some beguiled, others alarmed – by his habit of giving away cars…
IN 2001, Zibusiso Ndlovu left his rural home at just 19 years old, chasing the promise of gold in Gwanda’s dusty valleys. Two decades later, the now 44-year-old miner’s journey has become a testament to the harsh realities of small-scale artisanal mining. Despite the allure of gold, Zibusiso’s life has been marked by unrelenting toil,…
