PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe’s US$2,8 million dry mortar plant – the largest in southern Africa — which he said will reduce construction costs by 40 percent and is in line with the country’s economic blueprint, the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). Commissioning the plant at the firm’s Mabvuku, Harare, premises,…
THIS year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), scheduled for July, should play a pivotal role in engaging and forging innovative and sustainable trade models with potential to create new opportunities, the organising firm’s chairperson, Busisa Moyo, has said. This comes as the government recently announced that the annual event, which is traditionally held in April,…
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere has said community information centres are key in creating opportunities and home-grown solutions for people in agriculture, mining, health and commerce. Muswere said this yesterday during the launch of Containerised Village Information Technology Centre (CVIC) in Nyachuru, Mashonaland Central Province, as part of Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority…
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) deputy commissioner-general Granisia Musango says the organisation is empowering inmates through rehabilitation programmes such as agriculture. Speaking during a recent media tour of Hurungwe Prison Farm in Mashonaland West Province where she was the guest of honour, Musango, said it was their duty to reform prisoners. “In this…
AT LEAST 121 dairy farmers across the country’s 10 provinces are tomorrow set to receive in-calf heifers from the European Union (EU)-funded Transforming Zimbabwe’s Dairy Value Chain (TranZDVC) programme, which is projected to increase milk production by 45 million litres by next year. TranZDVC project coordinator Edson Chifamba said at least 48, 76 percent of…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, has warned drug cartels and corrupt officials at the passport offices, saying the police will deal with them decisively. Residential areas have become havens for drug peddlers, while accessing a passport has become a nightmare for many Zimbabweans. “May I take this opportunity to warn drug cartels and individuals…
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has warned of criminals impersonating soldiers and police officers, terrorising people in Mashonaland West and Central provinces. In a statement yesterday, the ZNA said the daring criminals move around with fake warrants bearing a purported signature of Commander Defence Forces (CDF), Philip Valerio Sibanda. “ZNA would like to alert the…
WOMEN’S rights organisation, Musasa Project, is advocating for a minimum mandatory sentence of between 30 and 60 years for rape perpetrators, saying this would help deter would-be offenders. Statistics in Zimbabwe show that at least 22 women are raped daily, resulting in rights groups calling for stiffer penalties. “As an organisation we are actually thinking…
THE Pan-African Parliament (PAP) will continue to lobby for the removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe by the United States and its western allies despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic. Harare has been under sanctions since 2000 when the late president Robert Mugabe’s administration embarked on a chaotic and violent land reform programme. The…
ZIMBABWE Cricket captain Sean Williams is in line for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month Award following his audacious display in the recently ended series against Afghanistan. The left hander notched 264 runs in the drawn two-match Test series played in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the highlights being…
