AUTHORITIES have given the green light to companies and individuals with free funds to import grain without paying duty, as the country moves to avert hunger. This was confirmed by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday, after he signed a US$17,4 million grant from Japan in Harare for the further improvement of the country’s road infrastructure….
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for meaningful dialogue between the government and the business sector to deal with the current economic challenges in the country. Speaking at the second edition of the ED Mnangagwa Business Summit 2024 in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said there was a need for both the public and private…
A WOMAN, who was part of a human trafficking ring that recruited unsuspecting job seekers and sold them into slavery in Oman, was yesterday convicted of nine counts of human trafficking. Caroline Ziyanga, who was on trial before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje, appeared for her judgment. Ziyanga was initially facing 11 counts of trafficking, but…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has announced that the two council by-elections set for today in Harare and Chinhoyi will cost US$70 000. The two by-elections are being held following the recall of former Harare mayor and ward 36 councillor Lovejoy Chitengu, while the ward 4 Chinhoyi municipality vacancy occurred as a result of the…
CONSTRUCTION of a major road in Makuti, Mashonaland West Province, that links most Sadc countries yesterday got a boost of US$17,4 million from Japan. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, after signing of the grant for phase 2 road improvement of north-south corridor between Makuti and Hell’s Gate in Mana Pools, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube,…
THE recent outcry by Bulawayo city councillors over the poor state of toilets in Zimbabwe’s second largest city indicates how far we are from our goal of eliminating cholera. According to councillor Nkosinathi Mpofu, as captured in the latest council minutes, most residents do not have access to proper toilets both in the central business…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) and NMB Bank Limited Zimbabwe (NMB) yesterday signed an agreement that will pave the way for a US$15 million trade finance transaction guarantee facility for the local financial institution. This strategic collaboration aims to unlock significant trade finance opportunities for Zimbabwean businesses, particularly small-and- medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and local firms…
THE government says it is committed to back up the Bulawayo City Council’s (BCC) bid to raise US$14 million and urgently alleviate the local authority’s perennial water challenges. This comes after Local Government minister Winston Chitando yesterday met with Bulawayo mayor David Coltart in a closed door meeting as part of the government’s intervention to…
A FORMER Spar employee, who was caught on camera stealing over US$16 000 from the retail store’s safe, has been sentenced to an effective 10 months in prison after he was convicted yesterday at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Godswill Muzilikazi, who was arrested in 2022, appeared before magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure where he stood trial on…
THERE are growing fears that the leadership crisis ravaging the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is now badly affecting its ability to fight graft in the country. This comes as the commission has gone for months without holding a board meeting, in addition to operating without a substantive boss after President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed its former…
