WEST Properties has joined the global campaign aimed at creating a clean environment by launching an annual clean-up and environmental awareness campaign…
THE United States (US) Congress has approved a US$213 million grant for Zimbabwe under its 2021 President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), which is set to strengthen the country’s fight against HIV and Aids. According to the US Embassy Chargé d’ Affaires Thomas Hastings, the plan, which is set to benefit at least 1,19…
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ZIMBABWE Women Microfinance Bank (Women’s Bank) chief executive Mandas Marikanda, has called upon women in the Midlands Province to embrace the financial institution so they benefit from its services. The bank is a deposit-taking microfinance institution registered by the government to serve women unreached by conventional commercial banks particularly in rural areas. Addressing women during…
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THE Agriculture ministry is banking on the Livestock Recovery Growth Plan to help increase the national cattle herd which only grew by less than one percent in the last farming season. This comes as the government is hoping to turn the livestock rearing sector into a US$1,9 billion industry by 2025. Speaking at the third…
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A HARARE customs clearing agent has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a local car dealer of US$38 000 in unpaid duty fees for two top of the range bakkies. Robert Maganga Pembedza was not asked to plead to fraud allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday, accused of faking to have…
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MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala, says his party members should be prepared to physically defend themselves following recent confrontations with ruling Zanu PF activists. This comes as political tensions have been steadily rising in recent weeks with Zimbabwe already in election mode, some 18 months before the 2023 polls. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected…
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THE visiting United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan, met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other government officials yesterday, as she began her consultations on the negative impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe. The Belarusian began her tour first by meeting Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava, before meeting Mnangagwa as well as Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and…
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AUTHORITIES hope to have dealt with the chaos that is ravaging the country’s main port of entry, Beithbridge Border Post, by end of this week — amid fears that the turmoil could trigger a new wave of price increases in shops. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the acting commissioner general of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra),…
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THE Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) is working with the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) in framing a clearing and settlement commodities exchange framework, which will pave the way for increased investment on the platform. Speaking at Victoria Falls commodities exchange workshop in the resort town yesterday, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said DGCX would…
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AUTHORITIES in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, say the Mimosa-funded Mtshingwe Nursery, which seeks to provide hybrid vegetable and fruit tree seedlings to local farmers, is set to economically transform communities. The nursery, which has one of the largest greenhouses in the country, is one of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives aimed at boosting rural and…
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