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Melisa Chatikobo DESPITE new pre-planting producer prices for cotton that separate private funded and government funded production, outstanding payments, inadequate inputs and high cost of production is a threat to the growers viability. Last week the Agriculture Marketing Authority announced new 2021/22 agricultural season cotton prices.  Cotton produced under the Pfumvudza scheme is priced at…

AMID the MDC’s unrelenting and futile wars, the leader of the United Movement for Devolution (UMD), Lovemore Moyo, has once again warned that the opposition stands no chance against Zanu PF in next year’s national elections unless it urgently forms a viable grand coalition. The respected Moyo — a former Speaker of Parliament and MDC…

ANOTHER bruising war among MDC factions could be in the offing after it emerged at the weekend that the group led by Nelson Chamisa may have finally settled on a new name and is set to use this in the March 26 by-elections. But the Chamisa camp’s plans could run into headwinds after it was…

THE country’s blood bank has been hit by a critical shortage of blood group O as Covid-19 regulations have hindered blood collection. Blood O group is very important as it is used in emergency situations such as traumatic bleeding or other types of emergency transfusions. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday last week, National…

HARARE City Council has called on urban farmers to apply for permits to use land for agriculture to avoid encroaching into wetlands which harms the environment. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, council acting corporate communications manager Innocent Ruwende said wetland farming increased service delivery costs for the local authority. “For one to…

FORTHRIGHT Zanu PF politburo member, Tshinga Dube, made a stunning claim yesterday that former first lady Grace Mugabe had blocked the genial…

IN A welcome move, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has scrapped the payment of the US$20 application fee at financial institutions for the new electronic passports. The policy change came via Statutory Instrument 3 of 2022 which was gazetted yesterday, which means that the fees payable for e-passports is now just US$100 for ordinary travel…

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday made a dramatic U-turn after reversing its earlier appointment of board member Moris Mpofu as acting…

LAWYERS representing embattled Goodness and Mercy Ministries leader Tapiwa Freddy, who allegedly raped and assaulted radio presenter Rutendo Makuti, yesterday challenged the…