THE country’s premier mining showcase, Mine Entra, organisers say the upcoming annual exhibition is set to play a key role in driving industrialisation within the Sadc mining sector. The expo is scheduled to take place from October 9 to 11 at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Grounds in Bulawayo. Speaking to the Daily News…
ONLY eight unlicensed firearms have been surrendered to the police since the start of a month-long amnesty for holders of illegal guns to give them up to the police without any criminal charges laid against them. The amnesty ends on September 30. This comes as authorities strive to eliminate illegal guns in the country, amid…
IT IS risky for authorities to sanction the selling of fuel in ZiG at the moment, as doing so could cause shortages in the country, the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, has said. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Ncube said the last thing that Zimbabwe needed was a fresh disruption of the delicate…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO Harare men, who allegedly hacked Grain Marketing Board (GMB) accountant Parrence Chikerema’s email before ordering two banks to transfer US$1,35 million into their personal accounts, have been remanded in custody. Dennis Nhapata and Challenge Phiri, both 40, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing fraud charges. They will return to…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.com GOVERNMENT has suspended the allocation of urban state land to developers to pave way for tightening policies on its acquisition amid reports of increasing graft by land barons. The Local Government ministry yesterday said the suspension would only be lifted when an efficient and transparent system has been put in place…
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability expert, Ephias Ruhode, says local businesses have to keep innovating to continue prospering. Speaking…
THE frosty relations between Zimbabwe and the United States of America (US) are reportedly thawing, according to Zanu PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa. Addressing the media at the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare yesterday, Mutsvangwa said the government’s international engagement and re-engagement drive was producing positive results. “I want to say the new American ambassador (to…
LEADING financial services institution, Stanbic Bank, has donated autoclaves worth a combined US$80 000 to four key health facilities throughout the country for the sterilisation of vital equipment and maintenance of higher standards of health control. The Standard Bank Group subsidiary yesterday handed over one of the autoclaves valued at US$20 000 to Parirenyatwa hospital…
A PARLIAMENTARY committee has added its voice to growing calls for the government to do more to shore up the ZiG, including sanctioning payments for fuel and passports in ZiG as well. In a report that it tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Budget and Finance said there was…
THE country’s powerhouse listed firms will be feted at the prestigious Top Companies Survey Awards to be held in Harare tonight. The…
