YESTERDAY we published two stories, one on winter wheat and the other on mechanisation, which highlight the value of agriculture in our country. We implore the government and all stakeholders involved to take every possible step to ensure that the agriculture sector flourishes. Apart from supplying the country with food, Zimbabwe’s agricultural operations employ and…
By Shamaine Chirimujiri LOCAL Authorities Digital Systems (LADS) says digital transformation by local councils is key in improving service delivery and efficiency as the authorities will be equipped with skills that align with rapid technological advances. LADS is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system developed by the Harare Institution of Technology (HIT) and tailor-made for…
NATIONAL Building Society (NBS) has launched a Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) unit as the bank angles to grow its balance sheet…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) seeks to promote Zimbabwe at the ongoing African Travel Indaba in Durban, South Africa, through partnerships with regional organisations. The indaba is an iconic African leisure trade show with the specific objectives of creating market access for African leisure tourism products. Speaking to the media during the ongoing indaba, ZTA…
MORE chaos hit the Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC)’s unconventional primaries for its aspiring MPs and councillors for this year’s crunch national elections at the weekend. This boiled over into violent clashes among the party’s supporters in Marondera, Zaka and Norton, among other places, as unhappy followers of rival candidates squared up to each other. The…
THERE continues to be shortages of some basic goods in retail shops, with mealie meal now among the products being traded on the black market exclusively in US dollars. Both millers and authorities confirmed the “artificial” shortages of the staple food — saying the country had surplus maize grain. The chairperson of the Grain Millers…
By Rutendo Ngara GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, established a committee that will investigate the “artificial” shortage of 14 basic products including bread, mealie meal, flour and cooking oil. This was confirmed yesterday by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa at the post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare who said the committee is made up of the Finance…
A WARRANT of arrest was issued for Zanu PF activist Sybeth Musengezi by a Harare magistrate after he failed to appear in court yesterday due to illness. Musengezi is currently on trial facing fraud allegations after he allegedly falsified his residential address when he reportedly obtained the ruling party’s membership card. He was supposed to…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES say they have managed to clear a large chunk of their US$14 million salary arrears owed to Zimbabwean diplomats posted outside the country and the country’s subscriptions to international organisations. Speaking to the Daily News recently, Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick Shava confirmed that, through the Treasury, the ministry had managed to…
AN internal audit by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has exposed the sorry state of the city’s ambulance services, a development that raises concerns over the welfare of patients in the second capital. A recent audit report obtained by the Daily News yesterday showed that the city was operating with a fleet of only six…
