THE recent calls by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) for the government to urgently address the country’s economic crisis cannot be overstated. The ZHRC’s chairperson, Jessie Majome, told our sister publication, the Daily News On Sunday, that there is an urgent need for the government to fix the ailing economy, ensure a strong local…
BETTERBRANDS Jewellery (Betterbrands) continues to underline its position as the country’s biggest gold buyer after it delivered another major haul to Fidelity Gold and Refiners (FGR) in the just ended year. The company, which has become a major industry value chain player, contributed 15, 862 tonnes to the overall national tally of 36,48 tonnes of…
THE ruling Zanu PF is crafting a social media policy to regulate how its members use and interact on such platforms. This is being done, in part, to allow the former liberation movement to deal with its followers who abuse social media to foment divisions in the party. It also comes as security agents are…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 65 percent of the maize crop in the country is in a good condition following recent rains, but farmers have been encouraged to be on high alert of armyworm. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the Agriculture and Rural Development Advisory Services (Ardas) chief director, Leonard Munamati, said…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs’ visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm in Kwekwe, which was scheduled for yesterday, was postponed at the last minute. CCC chief whip Charles Moyo confirmed that the visit was postponed to a later date and they were not given specific reasons. “We received the communication from Mnangagwa’s…
POOR drainage systems in Zengeza, Chitungwiza, have resulted in heavy flooding in the suburb over the weekend, damaging maize crops and residents’ household property. Most of the affected areas are wetlands. A Daily News crew yesterday visited the area where it noticed that uncleared drainage systems, litter dumped by the residents, including used baby diapers,…
GOVERNMENT says it’s committed to ensure establishment of fingerling hubs across the country as they are key to national food security. This comes as the government, in collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), recently launched fingerling hubs in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces set to produce 1.2 million fingerlings per production season. This would…
POLICE have warned school authorities not to keep large sums of cash generated from fees ahead of the opening of the first term of the new year next week. This comes as the country last year witnessed a surge in armed robberies in which gangs of robbers raided schools, getting away with large sums of…
AUTHORITIES are being urged to take more measures against the abuse of, and unbridled consumption of alcohol in the country. The secretary general of the Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance (SAAPA) in Zimbabwe, Aadielah Maker Dierdericks, said at the weekend that the 2017 draft national alcohol policy contained a number of such needed measures. “Zimbabwe,…
SOUTH Africa police say a most wanted fugitive has been re-arrested after he was found hiding in the mountains. Lovemore Musoyi, the…
