THE recent reports surrounding the country’s local currency, ZiG, being no longer legal tender were not only false, but also reckless and damaging. These unfounded claims, made over the weekend, alleged that ZiG’s six-month Statutory Instrument that introduced it in April had expired, rendering it obsolete. However, what the reports’ mongers failed to acknowledge was…
OVER 200 farmers have undergone training on climate-smart pest management focusing on controlling the fall armyworm (FAW) as the 2024/25 farming season approaches. The training was conducted by agriculture experts from the Scientific and Industrial Research and Development (Sirdc) and the Extension and Advisory Services Department through participatory learning approach. The project was funded and…
BY RUTENDO NGARA APOSTOLIC sect leader Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa was yesterday back at the Harare Magistrates Court facing fresh charges of allegedly raping three minor girls. Two of the minors have since given birth. Chokurongerwa is currently on trial at the Norton Magistrates Court following his arrest early this year together with his co-accused Shingirai…
Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi TRADE unions and economic experts want the government to keep working hard to further stabilise the ZiG and prices of basic goods in the country, if there is to be any cheer during the festive season. At the same time, authorities are quietly confident that the ZiG will soon become…
By Rutendo Ngara HARARE businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu yesterday told a High Court judge that they were arrested last June for allegedly demanding their share from a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender. The two told Justice Pisirayi Kwenda that, with fellow business partner Wicknell Chivayo, they were working with a South African firm,…
GOVERNMENT has set aside US$13 million for cash handouts to vulnerable people in urban areas to cushion them against the effects of this year’s El Nino-induced drought. This was confirmed by the Public Service minister July Moyo during a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare yesterday. “We have been slow in registering the people who deserve…
THE country’s gold output has increased in recent years with artisanal miners accounting for most of the growth, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. In 2019, Zimbabwe set out on a drive to more than quadruple the mining sector revenue by hauling minerals worth US$12 billion by 2023, a target that has since been reached. Speaking…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE country is contemplating the introduction of E-Agriculture next season in order to curb the looting of inputs provided to communal farmers under the Pfumvudza scheme. This was said by Agriculture ministry permanent secretary Obert Jiri during his address at the start of the Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems – Southern…
GOVERNMENT has called on traditional leaders to take a leading role in ensuring citizens in their respective areas follow traditional customs and norms so as to preserve culture. Speaking at a chiefs’ meeting in Bulawayo on Monday, Local Government minister Daniel Garwe said traditional leaders should play a crucial role in preserving and promoting the…
MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE FOUR people died and two others were admitted in hospital after they drank a concoction made from the aloe vera plant in Marange, Mutare. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the case saying three of the victims had been identified by their next of kin. “The ZRP reports a sad incident in…
