FASTJET has announced an increase in the number of its flights between Bulawayo and Johannesburg, South Africa, to three flights per week, just a year after the airline introduced the popular route. Fastjet Zimbabwe spokesperson Nunurai Ndawana said yesterday that the move was in response to rising demand, as more travellers opt for the service…
ZANU PF says the country’s opposition must first put their house in order before approaching the ruling party for dialogue. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, Zanu PF information director Farai Marapira added that the former liberation movement would also not engage with opposition leaders if they continued to “thrive on…
AUTHORITIES have admitted that living conditions of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) members are in a deplorable state and there was an urgent need by the government to address the situation. Speaking in the Senate last week, Defence deputy minister Levi Mayihlome said the challenges his ministry was facing was inadequate funding from the Treasury….
GOVERNMENT is confident that the recent licensing of the United States-based Starlink to operate in Zimbabwe is expected to close the digital gap by delivering high-speed and affordable Internet to marginalised communities. This comes as Starlink — a satellite Internet group — is now operating in the country following authorisation by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in…
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA FARMERS have welcomed the new wheat marketing prices announced on Friday by the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), which will be paid solely in US dollars. GMB chief executive officer Edson Badarai said the grain buyer would pay US$470 per metric tonne for the premium grade and US$450 for the standard grade. Last…
FARMERS across the country have lost nearly 1 000 cattle to drought this year despite government efforts to ameliorate the situation by establishing drought mitigation command centres in order to protect the national herd. Addressing the media in Harare last week, permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture Obert Jiri said the country had lost…
HIGHER Education minister Amon Murwira has called for strengthened collaborations between his ministry and the Tourism ministry to promote the country’s tourism growth. He was speaking at the Sanganai/Hlanganani tourism expo underway at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo. “There is a need for strengthened collaborations between the ministry of Higher Education and…
By Rutendo Ngara and Shamaine Chirimujiri ZIMBABWE risks becoming a hotbed for rife murders like neighbouring South Africa, unless society and authorities work harder together to stop the situation from getting out of hand. So says Prosecutor General Loice Matanda-Moyo, who also told the Daily News yesterday that the slow pace in concluding murder cases…
By Masimba Makwembere and Stella Madzivanyika THE recent ban on preachers and traditional healers advertising themselves on radio and television stations caught affected constituencies by surprise. The president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha), George Kandiero, told the Daily News yesterday that they had only learnt about the ban from the media. “I…
Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.com THE United States (US) has contributed US$62 million in 2024 to Zimbabwe in humanitarian assistance as the country faces its worst drought in 40 years. Speaking at the US belated Independence Day celebrations in Harare, the US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pamela Tremont, said her country’s goal was for a self-sufficient Zimbabwe where…
