ALL is set for the much awaited revival of the Cold Storage Commission (CSC) Boustead Beef Zimbabwe after several years of refurbishing the country’s once biggest meat processor. CSC had been idle for years following decades of mal-administration and subsequent choking owing to the country’s poor economic performance. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Boustead…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reiterated that Zimbabwe will not yield to undue pressure from Western powers, lashing them for allegedly seeking to effect regime change in the country. Speaking at the burial of the late Harare Provincial Affairs minister Oliver Chidawu at the National Heroes Acre yesterday, Mnangagwa also called on Zimbabweans to remain resolute…
NEW fissures are emerging in Zanu PF after war veterans in Mashonaland Central wrote to the party leadership complaining against some district coordinating committee (DCC) members allegedly attempting to rig upcoming ex-combatants league elections. This comes as the ruling party is set to dissolve some structures which were established by the party’s secretary for ex-combatants…
Melisa Chatikobo STAFF WRITER chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw TOBACCO contract sales have raked in US$576.7 million since the closure of the self-funded auction floors. The latest Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) statistics indicated that tobacco worth US$576.7 million was sold in 79 days compared to the US$549.5 million sold last year. Self-funded auction floors closed at US$39.5 million…
GUTSY former leader of liberation war veterans, Jabulani Sibanda, has warned Zanu PF members to ditch tribal and factional politics in the interest of the country and to allow the ruling party to win next year’s crunch national elections. Addressing Zanu PF’s social media activists, known as Varakashi in Bindura at the weekend, Sibanda —…
CONCERNS are growing over the desperate state of the country’s public hospitals, with Parliament imploring the government to urgently address the untenable situation. This comes as United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) — which serves as a referral centre for Matabeleland, the Midlands and Masvingo — has suspended surgeries due to shortages of anaesthetic drugs and agents….
LEGISLATOR Job Sikhala, accused of obstruction of justice, is keeping his fingers crossed hoping a Harare magistrate’s court will grant him bail tomorrow. On Friday, his lawyer Jeremiah Bamu completed his bail application, saying the allegation that he interfered with police investigations was misplaced.Sikhala is alleged to have recorded a video and uploaded it online…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw NATIONAL Housing minister Daniel Garwe said the government is targeting to end 1.2 million housing backlog by 2030. Speaking in the Senate last week, Garwe said the government is targeting to construct 220 000 housing units by 2025. “We have a backlog of 1.2 million houses nationwide. We are looking…
Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zw AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka, says the launch of the national Dairy Breeding Strategic Plan (DBSP) will improve milk production in the country, projecting an 18 percent growth this year. This comes as the sector had been performing due to high cost of production, poor genetics and dairy cow diseases.Last year, 80 million…
RAMPANT factionalism and endless bickering will remain a major feature of local political parties, until they improve their internal democratic processes and deal decisively with the thorny issue of succession, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the analysts said it was particularly striking that all local political parties did not seem…
