DAVID Beasley, head of the World Food Programme (WFP), has warned that the conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring,…
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for an effective two years for stealing a car at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport before driving on the runway as he sought an exit point. Shingirai Austin Shangu broke into the airport parking through the fence before taking control of the car which had been left by…
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BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has postponed the decommissioning of Umzingwane Dam, one of the city’s main water supply dams. The dam still has water enough to last a few more weeks. It was initially set for decommissioning at the weekend. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, BCC public relations officer Bongiwe Ngwenya said water levels at the dam…
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PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed the recent call by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for South Africa to once again intervene in Zimbabwe’s decades-long political challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Charamba also said the issue of political violence in the country was largely “traceable” to the opposition as a result of its regular…
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Melisa Chatikobo THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs has warned that the country’s police service faced collapse owing to low morale due to poor working conditions which are now driving corruption and indiscipline among officers. In a report presented in Parliament last week, committee chairperson Levi Mayihlome said Parliament’s recent enquiry into…
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Andile Tshuma THE government has commenced a crop damage control assessment survey, amid fears that over 2.5 million hectares of crops in the 2021-2022 season are under severe threat from moisture stress. Officials from the ministry of Agriculture said all provinces were in the process of analysing data on the crop situation, following a prolonged…
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Melisa Chatikobo ZIMBABWE’S ever decreasing number of formally employed people as compared to those in the informal sector is costing the country in tax remittances, a University of Zimbabwe senior lecturer has said. Speaking during a Zimstat webinar on the fourth quarterly labour force survey for 2021 yesterday, Honest Zhou implored policy makers to come…
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EX-FINANCE minister Ignatius Chombo’s trial in a case he is accused of defrauding the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday failed to take off at the Harare Magistrates’ Court to allow the Constitutional Court to hear it first. Chombo was set to stand trial in the matter he is accused of accessing a $14 billion…
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A SUPERVISOR at Harare local fuel station Musafare Kamwendo was yesterday convicted of theft of trust property of US$2 370 by Harare magistrate Shane Kubonero after he diverted money from the sale of fuel for his personal use. Kamwendo, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge and was remanded to today for sentencing. “I admit stealing…
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FARMERS’ unions are still optimistic that this cropping season could be saved if their crops receive rains in the coming few days despite some crops already suffering from moisture stress amid drought fears. This comes as the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has forecasted that rains could still come throughout this month, albeit in reduced quantities….
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