BETTER Brands Jewellery (BBJ) has underlined its status as the country’s biggest gold buyer after raking in US$ 420 million in the first quarter of 2022. The company, which is the government’s biggest agent, shipped nearly seven tonnes to Fidelity Gold Refiners (FGR) — representing a contribution of almost 70 percent by small scale miners….
THERE is a fresh push to pursuade MDC boss Douglas Mwonzora and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa to put their differences aside and work together ahead of next year’s national elections. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi, said Mwonzora and Chamisa had a duty to…
BRANDON JOSPHAT HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe says citizens must stop paying bribes to police in order to curb corruption in the country. Speaking in the Senate last week, Kazembe said it takes two to tango hence the public must not pay bribes. “There are two ways of dealing with corruption, I have said it before…
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Douglas Karoro will spend the weekend behind bars after his arrest on allegations of stealing fertiliser and seed worth US$73 000 from the Grain Marketing Board. Karoro allegedly stole the agricultural inputs under the guise that he wanted to distribute them to villagers in his Mbire constituency in Mashonaland Central under the Presidential…
BRANDON JOSPHAT GOVERNMENT says they are still lagging behind on constructing modern tollgates that will accommodate more vehicles and ease congestion. Speaking in the Senate last week, deputy minister of Transport Mike Madiro said they want to deal with long queues at tollgates. “It is true that the government is trying to construct state-of-the- art…
THE measles outbreak in Manicaland has so far claimed 20 lives out of over 100 reported cases, prompting health workers to embark on an intensive door-to-door education campaign against the disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has since been notified of the outbreak of the contagious disease. The measles outbreak has been reported in Mutasa…
Melisa Chatikobo chatikobom@dailynews.co.zw FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has reiterated that the country will continue using both the Zim dollar and the greenback, as conditions are not yet ripe for the sole use of the local currency in the economy. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, Ncube said that ditching the US dollar at this point would…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) has bemoaned an alleged lack of progress in implementing electoral reforms by the government ahead of the 2023 general elections, warning this could lead to another disputed poll in the country. This comes as the EU election observer mission for Zimbabwe’s 2018 elections is in the country to…
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Douglas Karoro has been sucked into a fertiliser and seed scandal allegedly siphoned from the Grain Marketing Board under the Presidential Input Scheme to benefit the Mbire constituency in Mashonaland Central. His alleged accomplice, Lovejoy Ngowe, an assistant manager at GMB Mushumbi depot yesterday appeared in court on fraud allegations with Karoro being…
AUTHORITIES said yesterday that they had so far disbursed $2,68 billion towards the payment of school fees for teachers’ children. This had been done in fulfilment of promises that were made to teachers in February this year, as part of cushioning them from the prevailing economic challenges. Then, the government promised to pay school fees…
