Melisa Chatikobo THE government has set aside $350 million for the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to transport Pfumvudza/Intwasa inputs to ward level collection points across the country. Responding to parliamentarians during Wednesday’s question and answer session in the National Assembly, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the government has resolved the problem of farmers failing to…
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says the public should not panic over the current searing heat being experienced in many parts of…
THE leader of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), Lovemore Madhuku, says the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) remains “the best platform” for national…
AT LEAST nine people have been murdered across the country during the last weekend, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have said. This comes at a time murder and other violent crimes are on the increase in the country. In one of the disturbing cases, police in Kariba arrested Perfect Kembo Lembani, 23, who allegedly stabbed…
THE government says it will set up vaccination centres at schools around the country before the end of the third term so as to encourage 16 and 17-year-olds to be inoculated against Covid-19. This comes as the Health ministry recently approved teenagers in this age bracket to be vaccinated using only Sinovac doses. Health deputy…
LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans are set to endure worse blackouts in the coming weeks and months, as power utility Zesa Holdings(Zesa)continues to struggle to…
THE government says it is not considering adoption of crypto currency as a legal instrument contrary to recent media reports. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, said Zimbabwe was satisfied with the performance of the local currency and the US dollar which are legal tender. “The government would…
HOME Affairs permanent secretary Aaron Nhepera has called for concerted efforts with strategic partners in ending the war against human trafficking which he admitted was a challenge. Speaking at the end of a four-day workshop on anti-human trafficking in Mutare yesterday, Nhepera said government and its stakeholders needed to think outside the box to contain…
HORDES of Zanu PF supporters clad in party regalia yesterday clashed with illegal money changers and some vendors over vending bays in…
THE Pig Industry Board (PIB) has recorded a 7,6 percent increase in animals slaughtered in registered abattoirs this year alone as the sector continues to grow in leaps and bounds. PIB director Andrew Shoniwa told the Daily News recently that pig production has greatly improved after a total of 143 255 animals were slaughtered in the first…
