THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has called on stakeholders to promote responsible population management in order to ensure all citizens have access to basic services. In a statement yesterday, Zimstat public relations officer Mercy Chidemo said as the country commemorates World Population Day, it was important to ensure every citizen had access to health…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is meeting with all key stakeholders nationally ahead of the August 23 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZHRC chairperson Elasto Mugwadi said the first of this series of engagements — made to help facilitate peaceful and credible polls — was…
NATIONAL Foods Private Limited has extended its corporate social responsibility to vulnerable groups in the society. As part of the initiative, the company yesterday donated groceries to Queen Elizabeth Adventist home, Ekuphumuleni Geriatric Nursing, Isaiah Children’s Home and Jairos Jiri. Speaking during the handover, NFL group human resources executive Alice Pawarikanda said it was their…
AN EPWORTH man is facing murder charges after he allegedly stoned a fellow imbiber over a commercial sex worker. The alleged murderer, Wenset Charuzika, 35, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday who remanded him in custody to July 26 before advising him to approach the High Court for bail.The court heard that Charuzika…
CABINET has resolved to sell 10 000 metric tonnes of maize to Rwanda as the country has sufficient grain to last for five-and-a-half months. Giving an update on the summer crops marketing and winter wheat production at a post-Cabinet press briefing, the Information minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said wheat in stock would last for eight months…
THE financials submitted to the JSE-listed and debt-laden Nampak by its Zimbabwean unit, which has forecast persistent economic and monetary challenges ahead…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe yesterday turned 25 amid a silver jubilee celebration campaign themed ‘Halo 25, Building Memories Together’, which it launched to commemorate 25 years since it started operations in the country. Econet Wireless, now the largest telecommunications and technology company in the country, launched its mobile network on July 10, 1998 and was subsequently…
SURVEYS by Daily News crews in Harare and Bulawayo yesterday confirmed that the Zimbabwe dollar prices of basic goods continue to ease, albeit slowly. Among the products whose prices are dropping in both major retail outlets and spaza shops are bread, cooking oil, mealie meal and sugar — bringing welcome relief to hard-pressed consumers. At…
POLICE say they are keen to ensure that their actions do not raise questions about the credibility of next month’s crucial national elections. However, the law enforcement agents also say that they will continue to enforce the law where the actions of political parties are at variance with regulations. In a July 8 memorandum to…
ZIMBABWE registered US$154.5 million in both foreign and local investment in the first quarter of 2023, the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency…
