THE MDC is lobbying President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to reorient the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) to allow much-needed national talks to take place as soon as possible. This emerged on Friday after opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora dispatched another letter to Mnangagwa, once again expressing his readiness to join Polad. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday…
RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA PROMINENT businessman Douglas Munatsi’s family claims that the late business executive could have been murdered after he lost his life in a mysterious fire at his Harare apartment last Monday. Munatsi’s remains will be interred at Greendale Cemetery today in the capital after the government granted the late Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency…
TAMARY CHIKIWA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday described the late Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso (SB) Moyo as a dedicated cadre who played a pivotal role in negotiating the lifting of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States and its Western allies and reuniting the diaspora community with their motherland. Speaking during Moyo’s memorial service held at…
MELISA CHATIKOBO ZIMBABWE’S livestock sector has been told to identify its own domestic markets before it seeks to export as it is still struggling to meet local demand. Speaking during a workshop organised by the Competition and Tariff Commission and Livestock Meat Advisory Council (LMAC) in Harare recently, economist Reneth Mano said the sector is…
ANDILE TSHUMA CHURCHES have joined the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), calling for love, peace, social cohesion and tolerance from congregations especially during this 16 Days Against GBV. Speaking to Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA) executive director Useni Sibanda said they were rallying churches under its umbrella body countrywide to introduce…
TWO company representatives denied the charge of defrauding Mastow Investments director of shares worth US$129 million when their trial commenced yesterday at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Tendai Jemwa allegedly connived with Shylet Banana and hatched a plan to steal shares from Thomas Masango and booted him out of the company using forged documents. The duo’s…
THE government is currently not contemplating re-introducing a hard national coronavirus lockdown to contain rising cases of the lethal respiratory disease in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the national Covid-19 co-ordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, said authorities had gained enough experience to appreciate that hard lockdowns disrupted businesses and livelihoods terribly….
WOMEN’S Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development deputy minister Jennifer Mhlanga will on Monday headline a webinar meant to discuss the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, has ordered banks not to convert civil servants’ bonuses from United States dollars (US$) and pay them out in local currency. This comes as the government workers started receiving their 13th cheque last month ahead of the festive season. “As of November 30, 2021, bonus payments in foreign currency have been…
Melisa Chatikobo THE government in collaboration with the Food Agriculture Organisation (Fao) has embarked on a land reclamation and forest restoration exercise as it scales up the fight against food insecurity. Fao working with the ministry of Environment, and other stakeholders has managed to complete development of a US$10,4 million project which will promote sustainable…
