ZIMBABWE has quietly lifted a ban on imports of genetically modified maize for the first time in 12 years as the southern African nation begins to take action to avert what could be its worst famine. While genetically modified maize imports from South Africa are being allowed, the grain is carefully quarantined and is milled…
THE Department of Veterinary Services says it has contained the anthrax outbreak that was threatening the country’s national cattle head. The outbreak, which was reported over a month ago, killed 177 cattle. Cases of the disease have been recorded in Bikita, Zvimba, Mahusekwa, Makonde and Marondera, among other areas nationwide. The department’s chief director, Josphat…
FORMER Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora’s wife of three years, Mercy Hanyani, has dragged the politician to the High Court seeking a share of the property they acquired during their marriage. Through her lawyers Gutsa and Chimhoga Attorneys, Hanyani told the court that she had been customarily married to the former minister…
AMID growing calls for dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, it has emerged that hardliners within both Zanu PF and the MDC are escalating their efforts to derail the much-needed mooted talks between the two men, the Daily News On Sunday can reveal. This comes as former South African President Thabo…
ZANU PF is struggling to establish cells and branches in Harare province amid reports the exercise is being delayed by fears of infiltration by elements sympathetic to the G40 faction, the Daily News on Sunday can reveal. This comes as the ruling party provincial executive was dissolved by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in February last year…
ZANU PF youths are expected to take to the streets tomorrow in protest over business “cartels” sabotaging the economy. The ruling party’s deputy youth league secretary, Lewis Matutu, told the Daily News on Sunday that some corrupt Zimbabweans fronting business cartels are benefiting from the suffering of the majority. “We are having an all-youth stakeholders’…
HARARE City water department has warned residents to brace for worse water problems because the local authority continues to struggle to secure adequate treatment chemicals as it owes its suppliers a whopping US$74 million. Speaking during a policy dialogue on water delivery in the capital, city water engineer Charles Chinyaya said the effects of climate…
ZIMBABWE’S delay in compensating former white farmers displaced by the land reform in 2000 has left most of them destitute. The farmers are now living in extreme hardship while others have since died without being paid any compensation. Of the 737 farmers who registered for compensation, most are now above retirement age. “Many of them…
WE are trying to avoid a situation where varsity students drop out and go to the streets and start selling drugs or get involved in dangerous deals to make a living. That has been our argument; we want education to be affordable as this will impact the economy. Following hikes in tuition and residence fees…
WHILE the new Consumer Protection Act is critical in safeguarding the rights of Zimbabweans, it will not achieve all its noble objectives if there is no collaborative effort among stakeholders, a top government official has said. Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza also told a discussion forum in Harare yesterday that the new Act was…
