BY BRANDON JOSPHAT SMALL-SCALE miners have decried the inconsistencies in rural district councils (RDC) taxing regimes saying it has grossly impacted their operations. Speaking after paying a courtesy call to the new minister of Mines, Zhemu Soda on Friday, Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya said rural councils should instead come up with a…
FARMERS have been urged to promote the production and consumption of traditional millet varieties across the social divide as the grains play…
By Ashley MoyoENTERTAINMENT WRITER AWARD-WINNING producer Simbarashe ‘‘Cymplex’’ Moyo is confident that Makhadzi’s song — Shampopo/ Mapara — will open doors for him outside Zimbabwe. Cymplex co-produced the track, featuring sungura kingpin, Alick Macheso, with Mr. Brown. The recently-released song is off Makhadzi’s latest album titled Mbofholowo. “It is a good thing and I feel…
FOR years, Zimbabwe has been making giant strides in promoting the girl child. However, on the sporting side of things, we have been lagging behind as a country with much of the focus, particularly when it comes to football, on the boy child. Over the years the contrast between the treatment of the male and…
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce says it is putting in place several measures that will promote women’s participation in commerce as a way of promoting gender parity. Speaking during the 10th edition of the Women in Enterprise and Conference Awards (WECA) in Harare yesterday, ZNCC president Mike Kamungeremu noted that women’s participation in commerce…
By Brandon Josphat ZESA has embarked on new power projects as the under pressure utility bids to meet the rising demand for electricity in the country, amid resurgent blackouts. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zesa executive chairman, Sydney Gata, said among the new projects on the boil was a 1 100 Megawatt (MW) plant…
By Brandon Josphat ENERGY minister, Edgar Moyo has called on Zesa to effectively communicate its load shedding schedule to enable its customers and stakeholders to plan their day-to-day operations. This comes as the country is witnessing resurgent power blackouts due to technical faults at the Hwange Power Station, while the Kariba Hydro Power Station’s output…
BY RUTENDO NGARA AT LEAST 2 000 households in Chiredzi district, Masvingo Province, are set to benefit from over US$1.5 million in aid from the United States Agency for International Development (USAid). In a joint statement, USAid and the Mwenezi Development Training Centre (MDTC) stated that they are promoting poultry farming in the district, where…
POLICE have confirmed the death of six people after a plane they were travelling in crashed in the Zvamahande area of Mashava, Masvingo Province, yesterday morning. The plane, a red and white Zcam owned by Murowa Diamond Company (RioZim), had left Harare for the mine at 6am and crashed about six kilometres from Mashava. “The…
IN a remarkable achievement, Cuthbert Nduwure, the Group Marketing Officer at CIMAS, has been honored as the platinum winner of the ‘Young…
