Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES have reduced the duty on imported basic goods, in a bid to further stabilise skyrocketing prices in the country. In measures announced at the weekend, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the move was aimed at ensuring that ordinary people had access to fairly priced goods. “To ensure that citizens have access to…
The Lands ministry is working on measures to capacitate Agritex officers and also addressing their shortage. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the ministry’s…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) have revised the price of electricity upward after it reverted to using the US$0, 63 cents per unit with effect from yesterday. In a statement yesterday, the power utility said the new prices were already approved by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera). “ZETDC wishes…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume who is accused of abusing office by influencing council officials to allocate residential stands to his sister and workmate has launched a fresh bid for the charges to be dropped. He has filed an application for the quashing of the charge on the ground that it is calculated to prejudice or embarrass…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AUTHORITIES say they have been misunderstood over their recent economic stabilisation measures, some of which have caused significant anxiety within the business sector. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) John Mangudya said he was gratified that some of the businesses which had…
THE government has availed local currency fuel for tobacco farmers to make the production of the crop viable, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. In a statement at the weekend, the TIMB chief executive officer Meanwell Gudu said the initiative was meant to ensure farmers do not have challenges accessing fuel. “The government…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent his condolences to the Nahyan family and United Arab Emirates (UAE) at large after the death of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan last week. The UAE ministry of Presidential Affairs announced on Friday that there would be 40 days of official mourning with flags at half-mast and three…
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl, Rutendorwashe Mugure, was allegedly killed by her own father on Thursday night while restraining him from assaulting her mother. The incident took place in Chatsworth, Masvingo, around 10pm. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the father, Perai Mugure, 41, came home drunk and allegedly attacked…
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) is set to twin with local authorities from neighbouring countries in a bid to help improve service delivery through sharing of concepts and ideas, in line with the smart cities concept. The local authority says the conclusion of the twinning arrangements with local authorities in Namibia and South Africa were at…
AUTHORITIES warned yesterday that the heavy bouts of flu that have been ravaging Zimbabweans in recent weeks could be linked to coronavirus. Speaking to the Daily News, the Covid-19 national co-ordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, pictured, said many more people were still going to be affected by flu given the onset of winter, which…
