By Rutendo Ngara THE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda), a State-owned company, says it has managed to rehabilitate at least 350 irrigation farming schemes out of 460 in a move meant to increase national grain output. This comes as the country is expected to receive normal to below normal rains this season due to…
By Rutengo Ngara AGRICULTURE deputy minister Davis Marapira says Turkiye should take advantage of Zimbabwe’s participation at the 2023 horticulture expo in that country and tap into vast investment opportunities offered by the southern African nation. This comes as Turkiye ambassador to Zimbabwe, Berna Kasnakali Versteden, recently said relations between Ankara and Harare continued to…
By Tendai Kamhungira CHIEF engineer in the Transport ministry Clive Kandeya says homegrown investments being implemented by the government in infrastructure development are bearing fruit as they have helped the country to save money. Speaking to the Daily News, Kandeya, who represented Transport minister Felix Mhona as the guest of honour at an ongoing three-day…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s leading telecommunications and technology firm, has released its half year results to August 31 in which the company reported a 186 percent growth in revenue to $1,1 trillion, with $400 billion (nearly 40 percent) of that amount going to statutory payments in the form of taxes and levies. The company’s…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday received a preliminary land audit report from the Zimbabwe Lands Commission (ZLC), which, among other things, exposes cases of double ownership of farms, a situation against government policy of one person, one farm. The ZLC is a constitutional commission born out of Zimbabwe’s Constitution to oversee issues…
ZIMBABWE’S Chevrons made a false start to their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier yesterday, crumbling to a seven-wicket defeat by Namibia at Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek. On a forgettable day for the Chevrons, it was the Namibians who won the toss and elected to field, with that decision paying immediate dividends…
A CROSS-SECTION of Zimbabwe’s football-loving public thronged the Robert Mugabe International Airport yesterday as the body of the late former Warriors and Dynamos goalkeeper George Chigova arrived from South Africa. Chigova, who passed away in South Africa last week due to suspected heart complications, is expected to be buried in Chivhu amid indications that his…
By Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw COMEDIENNE Felistas “Mai TT” Murata, who was released from jail barely a fortnight ago, is hogging the limelight thanks to the video of her duet with Chipinge-bred Shantel Sithole titled Kadhanzi Kesvoto. Interestingly, the audio track of the collaboration, which is off Sithole’s latest album titled Hard Talk, was released in…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has appealed to the government through the Local Government ministry to declare the perennial water shortages in the second capital a crisis. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday on the sidelines of a council meeting, Coltart said if the city does not receive enough rains in…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Harare City Council (HCC) says it has a plan in place to remove street vendors in the central business district (CBD), but feels that the task is near impossible due to the growing number of informal traders. This comes after the government on Tuesday gave the council a seven-day ultimatum to…
