By Rutendo Ngara THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) say they are in the process of regularising cigar tobacco farming so that more farmers can partake in cigar farming. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said they had noted the impact of cigar tobacco after the first sale of this…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two women from Old Magwegwe suburb after they allegedly teamed up to abort the pregnancy of a 15-year old girl. Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday. “On June 6, 2023 police arrested Siduduzile Moyo and Nokuthula Moyo for trying to terminate a…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE current prices and Zim dollar crisis could get worse before things get better gradually, business and consumer watchdogs have warned. This comes despite the ongoing policy interventions by both Treasury and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to stabilise the country’s ailing economy. The spokesperson of the National…
AUTHORITIES will unveil an electronic traffic management system later this month to promote safe driving on the country’s roads. Speaking in Harare yesterday, Transport minister Felix Mhona also revealed that the government intended to clear the country’s backlog of more than 600 000 drivers’ licences in the coming months. “The new national driving licence system…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has invited political parties to submit names of their office bearers who will be signatories to their candidates’ nomination papers ahead of the August 23 general elections. This comes as the electoral body has since invited local and international organisations to seek accreditation to observe the harmonised…
By Brandon Josphat MEMBERS of Parliament are pushing to be accommodated on the Dutch auction system to convert their Constituency Development Funds to foreign currency, arguing they are being eroded by inflation. This comes as the local currency continues to weaken against the green back after it plunged by over 30 percent on Tuesday at the…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government says it is now targeting to nationalise the manufacturing of the new January Disease (Theileriosis) Bolvac vaccine it manufactured recently so that all farmers can be able to protect their herds countrywide. This comes as the veterinary services department in the ministry of Agriculture conducted clinical trials in parts of…
THE country’s opposition only has itself to blame for missing an opportunity to push for more reforms in Parliament over the past five years, presidential spokesperson George Charamba has asserted. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday amid a clamour for more electoral reforms by the opposition, Charamba said it was now unlikely that any changes…
ASSETS under Jester Media Services Group (JMS) continue to register phenomenal success despite the country’s current challenging operating environment. This comes as…
By Rutendo Ngara IN A BID to contain the cholera situation in the country, the government has declared a state of emergency in Mbare and ordered the demolition and reconstruction of some flats with occupants set to be housed in temporary shelters over cholera fears. This comes as the country has so far cumulatively recorded…
