THE government has once again spent millions of United States dollars on top-of-the-range off-road vehicles for the country’s traditional leaders. Speaking in Harare yesterday, at the handover of 100 brand new Isuzu double cab trucks, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the move was meant to ensure that chiefs enjoyed dignified standards of living. “Given the role…
STUNNING details have emerged from this week’s US$720 000 armed robbery in Harare, with police revealing how some of the suspects in the case had gone on a shopping spree before they were arrested. This comes after six of the suspects appeared in court yesterday, before being handed back to the police for further investigations….
PUBLIC broadcaster, ZBC, has suspended its chief executive officer (CEO) Adelaide Chikunguru with immediate effect, the board confirmed yesterday in a statement. “The reasons for Adelaide Chikunguru’s suspension have been confidentially made known to her, but are not, however, being made public for the time being. “Meanwhile, the corporation’s finance director Assael Machakata has been…
WOMEN’s Affairs minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, will headline a stellar 3Ktv and Jester Media Services (JMS) early Women’s Day gathering to be held…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw MANY farmers across the country have lost all hope of harvesting anything from their non-irrigated fields this season, due to the El Niño-induced drought that is hammering most of the region. As a result, the government is advising all such affected farmers to turn the little that remains of their crops into…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) last year raised $868 billion from road fees and a bulk of the money will go into road rehabilitation. This was confirmed yesterday by Zinara chairperson George Manyaya while presenting the road fund disbursement report for the year 2023 in Harare where he added…
ZIMBABWE’s first independent television station, 3Ktv, is toasting to two years of non-stop live broadcasting today, as it continues to set the…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw PUBLIC Service Commission (PSC) employees, including ministry directors, signed integrity pledges yesterday as authorities bid to curb corruption in public offices. Last year, commissioners and other top managers of the PSC signed similar pledges to promote integrity, honesty, prudence, transparency, accountability and servant leadership, among a host of other values that the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday explained that the sugar content tax announced in the 2024 National Budget is for added sugar in specified beverages, excluding natural sugar. This comes as some stakeholders, including business, criticised the budget whose key elements include the introduction of a wealth tax, sugar tax on beverages, passport, toll fees and…
THE government has given millers the green light to import genetically modified (GMO) maize from South Africa, as authorities strive to ensure food security in the country. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Agriculture yesterday, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson, Tafadzwa Musarara, confirmed the development and also assured MPs that the maize…
