ORGANISERS of the country’s premier business exhibition — the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) — say preparations for this year’s showcase are progressing very well. This comes as the mega 2024 trade show will run from April 23 to 27 — under the theme ‘Entrepreneurship: The Catalyst for Industrialisation and Trade’. ZITF chairperson, Busisa Moyo,…
MINING lobby group, Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ), has raised concerns over government’s high levies and charges which it said were having a negative impact on the viability of mining projects in the country. In its latest state of the mining industry survey report and mining industry prospects for 2024, the CoMZ said some…
GOVERNMENT says livestock production is on the increase in recent years due to a number of strategies implemented as part of measures to boost growth and productivity in the sector. In a virtual update on the state of the livestock sector in the country yesterday, the director for Livestock Production and Development in the Agriculture…
JOURNALISTS led by the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) are engaging chiefs for them to be allowed to cover the Gukurahundi public hearings expected to be conducted next April. This comes after the National Chiefs Council which is leading the process early this month revealed that the media will not be allowed to cover the public…
AT LEAST 180 Gwanda villagers in Matabeleland South Province who were recently evicted on allegations of illegally occupying State land have been taken to court. This was after police early this month conducted a dragnet arrest on the villagers on accusations of illegally occupying Hollins Block Estate in the small gold mining town.The villagers, who…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) acting president, Welshman Ncube, says Zimbabwe’s strife-torn opposition has started the process of healing and working towards achieving the late Morgan Tsvangirai’s vision for the country. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Ncube — who has assumed the CCC reins for the next three months — said one…
THE Bulawayo City Council is yet to make a decision on the fate of its power stations whose ownership wrangle with Zesa has been raging on for decades. This comes at a time the government announced last week that it had decommissioned the Bulawayo power station and two others in Harare and Munyati due to…
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa’s allies say it is sad that those who have remained in the main opposition party were dragging the name of the late opposition stalwart Morgan Tsvangirai in their political battles yet they once worked against him. This comes as Chamisa, who recently quit the CCC citing…
THE Bulawayo City Council has sounded alarm bells that its struggling, but privatised business entity, Ingwebu Breweries, might this year be heavily affected by the El Nino-induced drought. This comes at a time the local authority is struggling to find ways to turn the traditional beer brewery into a profit-making business.With weather experts painting a…
THE ongoing water crisis in Bulawayo has exposed the city council’s management after it emerged that only one water bowser is currently operational to supply residents who are in dire need of the precious liquid. The local authority has since the introduction of the 120-hour water shedding regime last year been resorting to using bowsers…
