THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) is lobbying the government to reserve some business sectors in the Zimbabwean economy for locals as they seek to advance their empowerment programmes. AAG president Mike Chimombe yesterday said the authorities must make sure that all departments comply with the policy “As AAG, we want the reserved sector to be…
COMMODITY trader and miner, Kuvimba Mining House has declared a US$5,2 million maiden dividend to its local shareholders following a solid performance during the financial year ended 31 March 2021. Zimbabwe expects a surge in foreign currency earnings from the mining sector this year, and has set an ambitious target to grow the mining sector to…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has re-iterated his call for urgent and all-inclusive national dialogue — adding, crucially, that this must involve his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa, to help end the country’s decades-long political and economic crises. However, Mwonzora also pooh-poohed claims by Chamisa at the weekend that he alone held the keys to ending the…
ORGANISERS of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) say they will periodically review the Covid-19 situation in the country to ensure the event set for next month is conducted in a safe environment. This comes as Zimbabwe has witnessed an increase in the number of new infections and deaths, with authorities recently imposing stricter measures…
PARLIAMENT has reiterated the call for the expeditious finalisation of the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, saying this will help to resolve land disputes between farmers and miners. This comes after the joint Portfolio Committees on Mines and Agriculture received a petition from Women and Land in Zimbabwe calling for the review of laws that…
EIGHT local car dealership proprietors have approached the High Court to stop Harare City Council (HCC) from evicting them from their premises. This comes after the HCC issued eviction notices to the companies earlier this month and ordered them to vacate the properties as they were in illegal occupation of the land. In their court…
ARMED robbers hijacked a Beitbridge-bound bus early yesterday morning before making away with over US$16 000 from the passengers in Chatsworth, Masvingo. The robbers, believed to have been six, posed as passengers on the Boundary Express bus before pulling out a gun and ordering the driver to pull over into a secluded place in Chatsworth. …
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says authorities will come down hard on armed robbers and drug peddlers as the government fights to create a safe and prosperous Zimbabwe.Speaking at the burial of the late prominent Roman Catholic cleric, Father Emmanuel Ribeiro, at the National Heroes’ Acre yesterday, Mnangagwa also said the government would leave no stone unturned…
WOMEN’S Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni says she will push the government to provide funding to make sanitary products available for free in all public toilets in a bid to eliminate period poverty. Speaking during a webinar running under the theme “Period Dignity” which was organised by the Period Company yesterday, Nyoni said women should campaign…
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says he still holds the keys to President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding in turning around the country’s fitful economy and normalising Zimbabwe’s lukewarm relations with the West. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, after presidential spokesperson George Charamba said last week that Chamisa should banish any thoughts of…
