© About $21,5 million collected under the Tobacco Levy since 2015 has not been disbursed as the tobacco industry battles to meet the 2020 Global Tobacco Cigarette Companies Guidelines on producing the crop in a sustainable way. [GoogleAd] The Global Tobacco Cigarette Companies Guidelines state that as from 2020, international buyers will no longer…
© ZIMBABWE’s tobacco output is expected to decline to 200 million kilogrammes this year owing to unfavourable weather conditions under which the crop was grown, the industry regulator has said. [GoogleAd] Last year, the country produced an all-time high of 252 million kilogrammes of tobacco, earning at least a billion dollars in revenue. The tobacco…
© AS prices of basically everything in Zimbabwe continue to skyrocket, political and social analysts have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be transparent and accountable for his government’s attitude towards key issues currently affecting the people. [GoogleAd] The analysts said corruption has to be decisively dealt with as presently government’s behaviour reveals a tacit…
© ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested three people for copper cables theft in Middle Sabi, Manicaland. According to assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi, the police received a tip-off from an informer and laid an ambush where they arrested the trio who had a Madza B1800 loaded with approximately one tonne of cables. [GoogleAd] “The ZRP…
© LOCALS in Marange and Chimanimani are up in arms with government over its deployment of State agents manning diamond fields as reports of abuses continue. [GoogleAd] Headman Ngorima recently told a Stakeholder Community Convention on Natural Resources hosted by Centre for Research and Development in Nyanyadzi it was a new phenomenon to see State…
© A 48-YEAR-OLD ex-Redwing Mine employee slipped and fell to his death in a mine shaft as he emerged from a mining jaunt with two colleagues recently. [GoogleAd] Mutasa South MP Regai Tsunga who attended Jabulo Ncube’s funeral bemoaned the “catastrophic results of unpaid wages, retrenchment without benefits and a deteriorating economy”. Tsunga said…
© LONG winding fuel queues have resurfaced in Bulawayo leaving commuters in some suburbs stranded, the Daily News on Sunday can report. [GoogleAd] Shortages of the precious liquid have emerged barely a week after the city hosted the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which saw government going out of its way to ensure that service…
© GOVERNMENT on Friday congratulated the Financial Gazette for standing the test of time and making an immense contribution to the country’s economy. [GoogleAd] The iconic weekly, popularly known as the Fingaz, started operating in 1969 and celebrated 50 years in business on Friday. It has grown to become one of the most authoritative sources…
© ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested nine suspects for unlawful possession of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) wagon wheels after they were caught in the act on Workers Day in Harare. [GoogleAd] ZRP assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said at the time of the arrest the suspects had already loaded 13 wagon wheels and a…
IT is the battle of the titans in the MDC as party bigwigs vying for the three vice presidency posts defied the National Council to withdraw from the race ahead of the party’s congress later this month in Gweru. [GoogleAd] Eight candidates, namely Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube, Elias Mudzuri, Morgen Komichi, Lilian Timvoes, Lynnette Karenyi…
