ARISTON Private Limited, a diversified agriculture group, says tea production for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 reached 3 070 tonnes, marking a 26 percent increase from the previous year’s total of 2427 tonnes. In its financial statement yesterday, the company’s chairman Alexander Jongwe said despite a challenging export landscape where prices fell by…
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR AUTHORITIES have vowed to insulate local products against competition from imports, saying the country should never serve as a dumping ground for foreign products. In his address during a breakfast meeting yesterday, minister of Industry, Mangaliso Ndhlovu, said they were determined to protect consumers against fake imported products. “We are strengthening…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A CHINESE national who fatally shot a local miner and injured another in a violent confrontation at a Zhombe mine has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the High Court sitting at the Gokwe Magistrates Court. Cai Yulong, the owner of Stone Steel Mine, also operating as Blue Mine,…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, says legislative bodies across the world should promote social development and justice. Speaking at the just-ended 150th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mudenda added that national development (across the world) must be “people-centred and justice-driven”. “As elected representatives of the people we need to…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday denied two women bail who are facing allegations of trafficking a newly born baby. Christabel Muringami and Tabeth Chenyika were arrested in March before they were remanded in custody to yesterday for their bail application. According to prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi, in January this…
THE Southern Afrika Dialogue Trust has lined up two workshops this school holiday that seek to help children to develop money-making skills. Dubbed Holiday Business Clubs, the money literacy workshops for children will run at Palm Estate in Harare from April 22 to 25 and at Celebration Centre in Mutare from April 28 to May…
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Industry and Commerce has expressed concern over several challenges faced by the manufacturing sector, saying the government should implement policies which boost production. Speaking to the Daily News after a tour of Bulawayo industries at the weekend as part of a nationwide assessment of the ease of doing business, the…
STANBIC Bank has positioned itself as a leader in the Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) space through its suite of purpose built solutions, including the Africa China Trade Agent Proposition, which connects businesses with trusted suppliers in China while mitigating trade risks. This commitment to empowering Zimbabwean entrepreneurs has earned Stanbic Bank recognition as the…
THE omens are not encouraging for the country’s shambolic opposition ahead of the 2028 national elections, after Zanu PF romped to victory in a parliamentary by-election in Glen View South, in Harare, at the weekend. So warned respected political analysts yesterday, adding that the current levels of opposition disarray made it “virtually impossible” for them…
Thabiso MutirwaraSTAFF WRITER AUTHORITIES have stepped up their efforts to dismantle a thriving black market in illegal medicines in the country — that include skin lightening creams and sex-enhancing tablets. In this regard, both police and the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) have recently recovered large quantities of the banned medicines, mainly in Harare….
