By Rutendo Ngara THE opening of this year’s tobacco marketing season has been pushed forward to the end of February as a high number of farmers are ready to deliver the golden leaf to the auction floors, the Tobacco Marketing Industry Board (TIMB) confirms. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE European Union (EU) says Zimbabwe should reduce donor dependency by developing strategies that support its health delivery system. This comes after the EU pledged US$90 million for the next three years for Zimbabwe’s Health Resilience Fund. Speaking at the fund’s launch on Monday, EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobstvon Kirchmann stated that…
By Rutendo Ngara OVER 60 000 people are occupying land illegally across the country as the number of fresh farm invasions continues to rise, the ministry of Agriculture has revealed. This comes as the government says 270 000 Zimbabweans, both locally and those in the diaspora, were on the land waiting list having made formal…
ELEVEN murder cases were recorded by the police in one week across the country, with most of the cases perpetrated by suspected close family members. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the law enforcement agency was “deeply concerned” by the increase in murders over the past seven days. “The police in Harare are investigating circumstances surrounding…
HIGH Court judges, Neville Wamambo and Emilia Muchawa, have granted an application filed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) in which it sought to repeal a magistrate’s court decision which gave a South Africa-based company, L.A Africa Logistics, the authority to retrieve a truck and two trailers that had been impounded. According to court documents,…
Anesu Mirisawu mirisawua@dailynews.co.zw A ZIMBABWEAN film series about a diamond heist gone wrong is set to premiere on Amazon Prime and Afroland TV in February before its official release a month late. Titled Ngoda, written and directed by rising filmmaker Takudzwa Duncan Kahwiti — who first attracted national attention two years ago when he won a global virtual film reality…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) law students Claudio Faro and Nadia Mutisi scooped the English round final award and overall best team gong at the Africa Gender Equality Moot Court Competition (AGEMCC) 2022-2023 edition recently held in Nairobi, Kenya The AGEMCC public speaking contest, which used both English and French, took place in…
By Almot Maqolorecently in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE is implementing a safe city project that will be distinguished by the use of information communication technology (ICT), as the government ramps up its efforts to digitalise the economy. The safe city project is part of the government’s initiative to increase safety by controlling crime and monitoring traffic through…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s largest mobile money platform, has slashed its US dollar transfer charges following the government’s reduction of the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) to two percent, down from four percent effective from January 1 this year. The development means EcoCash’s customers now enjoy lower tariffs when transacting on its platform. EcoCash US dollar transfers…
ZIMBABWE’S star player, Sikandar Raza has been named among the best 11 T20 cricket players following his inclusion in the 2022 ICC T20 cricket team of the year which was announced yesterday. This is the second time in three months that Raza’s sparkling performances in the shortest version of international cricket have been recognised, with…
