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© GOVERNMENT has not yet increased mining fees, Mines minister Winston Chitando revealed in Bulawayo yesterday after a document indicating new proposed mining fees was leaked and circulated on various social media platforms. [GoogleAd] The leaked document indicates that government intends to hike fees for applications, prospecting licences, registrations, annual inspections, renewals transfers amongst others…

ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said the country can only come out of the current economic quagmire if all stakeholders are involved in a national social dialogue. Speaking on Monday at the tripartite seminar on “promoting and reinforcing social dialogue in Zimbabwe”, ZCTU president Peter Mutasa said government must consult everyone on how the…

© IT is all systems go ahead of the launch of the inaugural State of the Economy Report at Cresta Lodge in Harare tomorrow. Francis Mushaninga, the general manager (sales and marketing) for the Daily News said the response from a cross-section of Zimbabweans who are keen on attending the event has been overwhelming. [GoogleAd]…

© THE MDC has poured cold water on threats by government that it will descend heavily on anyone seen as plotting to destabilise the country. [GoogleAd] Last week, government claimed it had unearthed plans by non-governmental organisations and the opposition to cause civil unrest. MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume said no amount of “huffing and puffing”…

© THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) has called on the Zimbabwe Republic Police along with the Vehicle Inspection Department to bring sanity on the country’ roads. [GoogleAd] Paz chairperson Tafadzwa Goliati said there are statutory instruments (SIs) that are being ignored in terms of their implementation, resulting in the current chaos on the country’s…

© HARARE has started receiving its consignment of water treatment chemicals after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) released funds to its suppliers. [GoogleAd] The city’s spokesperson Michael Chideme said the chemicals have  been delivered to Morton Jaffray from yesterday. Council has been struggling with securing foreign currency for water treatment chemicals, prompting council to…

© THE National Employment Council for the Agricultural Industry in Zimbabwe has announced a 68,75 percent wage increment of the general agricultural sector effective May 15, 2019. This will push the wage for the lowest paid farm worker to RTGS$135 from RTGS$80. [GoogleAd] For those in grade C2, their wage will go up to RTGS$270…

© MOTORISTS will have to endure spending more time in fuel queues until the country has dealt with the persistent foreign currency shortages, Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo has said. [GoogleAd] Gombo told the Daily News yesterday that while the country has sufficient stocks of fuel at the Msasa gantry in Harare, petroleum…

© CHILDREN of the late liberation war heroine Mavis Rombedzayi are facing eviction from their farm in Mazowe as farm seizures ‘‘targeting war veterans’’ continue in Mashonaland Central. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)’s Mazowe district chairperson Efanos Mudzimunyi told the Daily News last week that the eviction of Rombedzayi’s children came after…

© POLICE here arrested 131 youths on Saturday in a sting operation targeting vuzu parties. A kombi driver who was allegedly offering transport to the teenagers was also arrested in the blitzkrieg. Bulawayo acting police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrests. [GoogleAd] “By the end of day yesterday (Saturday), we had arrested 131 youths in…