ZIMBABWE’S horticulture export earnings fell to around US$65 million last year, compared to over $70 million recorded in the same period in 2018 mostly due to drought, latest figures show. The southern African country experienced one of its worst droughts in two decades, which left over 4,5 million people in need of food aid. According…
THE Bulawayo leather cluster factory is targeting the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) regional market after securing its first order to Namibia. The factory became operational in May last year after receiving €250 000 funding from the European Union through the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa). In an interview with the Daily…
THE State was yesterday slammed for failing to access a policy document from Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission which is material for the prosecution of ex-minister Ignatius Chombo in a case he is accused of illegally facilitating the sale of a government house in Mutare to ex-Zanu PF legislator Fred Kanzama. Chombo, who is jointly charged with…
A HARARE man was yesterday slapped with a 10-day prison term after using obscene language to insult President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his “vegetables” jibe. Tapiwa Chiroodza, 31, who runs a car wash at Divaris Shopping Centre in Belvedere pleaded that he was under the influence of alcohol and did not mean what he had said…
WAR veterans are demanding an independent commission to oversee their welfare to replace the current Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Board. This emerged at a Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill public consultations held by the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs in the city yesterday. The committee is on a national tour…
THREE City of Harare officials who allegedly illegally sold residential stands worth US$765 000 to people in Kuwadzana appeared in court yesterday. Believer Mupawaenda, 46, Rudo Chigocha, 45, and Margaret George, 31, were released on $1 000 bail each when they appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with fraud. As part of bail conditions…
A TRAFFIC cop attached to Southerton Police Station in Harare appeared in court this week after she was entrapped while receiving a US$150 bribe. Definate Mutonya, 27, was charged with criminal abuse of duty and was released on $500 bail. As part of the bail conditions, she was ordered to continue residing at her current…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, pictured, has filed an application seeking to implement a High Court order allowing her access to her children, matrimonial home and cars pending the hearing of an appeal filed by her husband. Marry and Chiwenga are embroiled in an acrimonious divorce that has seen the two trading accusations…
FALCON Gold Zimbabwe (Falgold) says it is still seeking fresh capital to revamp its operations. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed miner saw its losses widening by 1 519 percent to $27 million in the half-year to March 2019. Falgold company secretary Qubeka Nkomo this week said “the company is still contemplating a capital raise which, if…
A ZANU PF commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August last year to investigate bigwigs accused of corruption by the party’s youth league has not met since then to deal with the matter, the Daily News can report. Mnangagwa directed all provinces to nominate central committee members to the 10-member commission…
