March 2024

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has come up with principles of the Standards Bill that will create the Standards Institute of Zimbabwe to promote voluntary standards and quality assurance in the industry. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said the proposed Bill was presented by Industry minister Mangaliso…

ISHMAEL Chokurongerwa — the alleged cult leader who is also known as Madzibaba Ishmael — will spend two weeks in remand prison after he was denied bail yesterday. This comes after Chokurongerwa was arrested last week on charges of running a cult in Nyabira, in Mashonaland West. He was nabbed together with seven other officials…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night appointed with immediate effect deputy prosecutor general Michael Reza as the new chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc). Reza succeeded Loice Matanda-Moyo who was appointed Prosecutor General by Mnangagwa in October last year, leaving Zacc in a leadership crisis. The crisis saw the commission failing to hold board meetings,…

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw TOBACCO farmers demonstrated against low auction prices in Harare on Monday saying they are being short-changed. On the opening day last week, the first kilogramme of tobacco was auctioned at US$4,92 per kg as com – pared to US$4,34 per kg the previous season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zimbabwe Tobacco…