THE Grain Millers Association (Gmaz) has expressed concern over the channelling of maize-meal into the black market in a development that has seen the organisation moving to curb leakages in the supply-distribution chain. The country has been facing maize-meal shortages after the government briefly removed subsidies on grain sold to millers, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
THE government has issued a notice to seize a farm owned by exiled former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere, pictured, in Mazowe — in Mashonaland Central — as authorities take yet another swipe at kingpins of Zanu PF’s vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction, the Daily News reports. This comes as the ruling party is escalating its…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, has insisted that she has a right to stay at their Borrowdale Brooke matrimonial home, accusing her husband of abusing power and seeking to seize the property through the back door. The parties agreed to have the matter postponed to next week to enable Marry to provide an…
OVER four million people in rural areas are wallowing in extreme poverty as the country’s economic situation continues to deteriorate, while the El Nino-induced drought also persists, the Daily News can report. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency(ZimStats)’s poverty report revealed that out of about 11 205 687 people living in rural areas, close to 4 583…
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe (Cassava) says it recorded a 19 percent increase in mobile transactions for the nine months ended November 30, 2019 due to prevailing cash shortages. This comes as the country’s mobile money transactions grew 91 percent to $11 888 760 224, in the third quarter last year, according to the Postal and Telecommunications…
FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa has applied for discharge at the close of the State case on his criminal abuse of office charge. Parirenyatwa is accused of corruptly directing Natpharm board chairperson George Washaya to end Flora Nancy Sifeku’s contract with the organisation as managing director in June last year replacing her with Newman Madzikwa….
A CAMP commandant in the Defence ministry has been sucked into the $300 000 cleaning services scam and appeared in court yesterday. Luxwell Ngara, 51, was charged with fraud when he appeared before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. He was released on $1 500 bail, ordered to report once every Wednesday to Chegutu Police Station…
Lands and Agriculture ministry has urged farmers to utilise mulching, rain water harvesting, among other methods to conserve rain water ahead of the dry spell anticipated in the weeks to come. Although notable rainfall has been observed throughout the country for over three weeks now, the Meteorological Services Department has warned that a dry spell…
JITTERY authorities yesterday launched a manhunt for a Njube High School teacher whom they allege incited students to demonstrate against the recent school fees hike and the poor salaries earned by their teachers, the Daily News reports. This comes as militant teachers’ unions have called for more such demonstrations — which they claim will force…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested three more members of the machete gangs in Chinhoyi before declaring Jumbo Mine in Mazowe a no-go area in a bid to bring sanity in the mining town. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the latest arrests, which came barely a week after the police also rounded up…
