THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has shifted its focus and will now only investigate fraud cases involving over US$100 000. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Zacc chairperson Loice Matanda Moyo said: “Zacc will be going for cases where potential or actual prejudice is a minimum of US$100 000, that means in our investigations, we are…
AS LINGERING droughts hit southern Africa’s hydropower dams, Zimbabwe faces growing electricity shortages – but connecting individuals and businesses that have installed private solar panels to the national grid could help fill some of the gap. Farmer Kalani Ndlovu, for instance, wants to expand his 13 kilowatt (KW) solar mini-grid – used to pump well…
GOVERNMENT yesterday kicked off its bid to digitalise all line ministries’ administrative systems with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) supplying 160 computers to the Public Service ministry. Speaking during the first phase of handing over computers to government ministries, ICT minister Jenfan Muswere appreciated the support from Potraz, adding digitisation of…
THE High Court has dismissed an application by a mining firm, Kubakaidze Mining Syndicate, where it challenged Mines minister Winston Chitando’s decision to cancel its mining certificate. In its application, Kubakaidze cited Chitando, mining commissioner, Ophir Trust and Piwa Mining Syndicate as the respondents. According to court documents, Kubakaidze approached the court after a dispute…
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) will this year disburse about $94 billion for roads rehabilitation and upgrading of toll gates infrastructure. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zinara spokesperson Tendai Mugabe said last year the authority disbursed $33.97 billion in road rehabilitation funds. “This year, we have budgeted $93.9 billion for disbursements on road…
THE harvesting season for both irrigated and some rainfed tobacco has begun, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) says. This comes as the Tobacco Research Board (TRB) has said the 2022/23 production season has some early tobacco flowering that compromises the quality of the tobacco output. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TIMB spokesperson Chelesani…
INVICTUS Energy, the company that was awarded a contract to explore gas and oil in Muzarabani basin, Cahora Bassa region, has closed drilling operations at its first exploration well, Mukuyu-1, due to technical challenges. In a statement yesterday, Invictus Energy managing director Scott Macmillan said some testing tools used in the exploration and drilling processes…
THE price of tobacco at the auction floors this marketing season might be affected amid reports that early flowering of the 2022/23 crop will affect the quality of the leaf. In a report yesterday, the Tobacco Research Board (TRB) said it had received several reports from growers of premature crop flowering or early flowering across…
A DIRECTOR of a local public transport passenger company, CAG Tours, Afra Nhanhanga, has called on society to embrace women in the public transport sector, as a way to enhance the country’s drive towards achieving gender parity. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Nanhanga said it was unfortunate that society views women in the transport…
The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) has reaccredited the Zimbabwe National Seed Testing Laboratory, a development that authorities hope will consolidate the reputation of the seed industry in the country. In a statement yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, John Bhasera, said the reaccreditation showed the country’s consistency in maintaining the standards…
