By Regis Chingawo THE amount of money allocated to the ministry of Agriculture will require an upward review if inflation is taken into consideration, a parliamentary portfolio committee has said. In the $4.5 trillion 2023 National Budget presented to Parliament by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last month, the ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural…
ECOCASH Holdings Zimbabwe Limited health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, says its newly launched MaishaCare is making medical insurance easily accessible to the majority of people in the country. The innovative health cover offers primary care from as little as US$5 per month and gives low-income customers access to quality healthcare, a network of doctors,…
A Venture capital workshop was organized by the US Embassy in partnership with Eight2Five Innovation Hub. The hub has consistently moved towards…
THE Harare City Council has been forced to stop signing new leases at some of its prime business land after its finance committee raised concerns over low rentals, with some business owners said to be paying as little as US5 cents per square metre. The matter was raised by the city’s finance committee councillors, chaired…
By Nyasha Dube THE 13 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists who were arrested last February on public violence and disrupting peace charges have made an appeal at the High Court, exposing the deplorable living conditions inside remand prisons. The 13, Luckmore Zhakata, Monica Chipwanya, Artwell Chipope, Eliah Mutsindi, Gift Mudandi, Austin Masanza, Liberty Muripo,…
By Hazel Marimbiza BULAWAYO residents have taken the city council to task over its alleged failure to extensively consult them on the proposed 2023 budget, which they want reviewed downwards. The council recently unveiled a US$157.99 million budget for the 2023 financial year, a figure residents described as astronomical. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday,…
ZIMBABWE is losing at least 330 000 hectares of tree cover each year due to deforestation, despite government calls to preserve trees as well as intensify their planting. Speaking at the National Tree Planting Day at the weekend, Zvishavane district forestry extension officer Tendai Mufandaedza said the continued loss of forestry had far-reaching implications on…
HARARE magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa has postponed the trial of jailed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala, pictured, to next Tuesday. Sikhala appeared before the magistrate’s court yesterday facing charges of obstruction of justice after he allegedly shared a video on social media that the State said interfered with police investigations. During his trial,…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE man Elliot Gadzikwa, 27, who is suspected to have stabbed his wife’s boyfriend to death last week Tuesday, appeared before a Chitungwiza magistrate at the weekend facing a charge of murder. It is the State’s case that on November 29, Gadzikwa of Zengeza 3, Chitungwiza, who suspected his wife Rumbidzai…
By Hazel Marimbiza A BULAWAYO man on trial in court for unlawful possession of dagga has been arrested at the Tredgold Magistrate Courts in Bulawayo after he allegedly attended his court session hiding some of the illegal drugs in his bag. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the suspect Talent Sibanda was arrested…
