ZIMBABWE’S leading beverage manufacturer Delta Corporation has attributed its growth in the third quarter of 2022 to a stable operating environment in the country. In its third quarter business update, the company, which recorded a revenue growth of 44 percent, said its Zimbabwean business noted a significant increase in trade volumes. “The country, however, benefited…
HEAVY rains which pounded Harare on Thursday night exposed the capital city’s poor drainage system. Most roads in the capital were flooded and motorists had trouble navigating their way to their destinations. The rains proved disastrous to citizens who built their houses on wetlands in some parts of Harare. Harare City Council is culpable for…
ZIMBABWEAN care workers are being tricked into coming to the United Kingdom (UK) by unscrupulous middlemen who withhold up to half their wages and force them to live in squalor. The scam, which plays on the acute shortages of nursing and care staff across Britain’s hospitals and care homes, has echoes of the debt bondage…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Priscilla Chigumba says the electoral body has set a timeframe to conduct the country’s watershed harmonised elections between July 26 and August 24 this year. She said this on Friday at State House in Harare on Friday, after receiving Parliament’s recommendations on the preliminary…
By Rutendo Ngara THE late mbira music superstar, Stella Chiweshe, has been granted a State-assisted funeral by authorities. This comes after many people within the country’s arts industry unsuccessfully campaigned to have the late ‘Queen of Mbira’ buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, in recognition of her stellar music career. As a result,…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT SOME former University of Zimbabwe students allege they have been left in a quandary as they are failing to secure employment because the institution is failing to issue them with their certificates and transcripts after graduation. The affected students paid all their tuition fees in full and graduated last year.Speaking to the…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE World Health organisation (WHO) says it is partnering with government and other mental health stakeholders in setting up community mental healthcare centres around the country to decongest the load at major referral hospitals. This comes as mental healthcare cases continue to increase in the country with Parirenyatwa hospital recording at least…
By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES say the 2022/23 national crop situation is in a fair condition despite challenges of dry spells, fall armyworm outbreaks and leaching in some parts of the country. Zimbabwe has been receiving favourable rains since last month raising hopes that the country was poised for a bumper harvest this year. In speaking…
Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw DECORATED Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo has postponed the release of his studio album titled Ndikutambire. Mukanya, as Mapfumo is popularly known, said the album could not be released yesterday as scheduled because some songs recorded in South Africa were sent to him late. “We were supposed to drop the album yesterday (Friday) but we made…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has announced the launch of a “block management system,” through which it will conduct a door-to-door campaign to ensure that all businesses adhere to the tax payment and registration system. This had been a while coming, but it shouldn’t stop there; Zimra ought to educate taxpayers as well. In Zimbabwe, lack…
