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GRAIN milling industry has welcomed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 39th Independence address, in particular, his comments on preserving national food security and consumer purchasing power. Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara said as millers they remain ready to partner government in order to improve food security at household level and arrest runway food…

THE Health Apex Board has warned government of “undesirable consequences” if their demand to have salaries reviewed again is not met. The threats come as government recently announced a $400 million cost of living adjustment package for civil servants with effect from April 1, 2019 seeing the least-paid employee taking home at least $600. [GoogleAd]…

CUNNING criminals are earning a living out of lost identity particulars and certificates which they sell to undocumented foreign foreigners who are desperate to remain in the country. The criminals are also selling fake driver’s licences, national identity cards, defensive driving certificates, class one journeyman certificates and passports. [GoogleAd] Police investigations show that the criminals…

FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle icon, Rugare Gumbo, has flatly refused to accept President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s invitation to re-join Zanu PF — insisting that it was beneath him to re-apply for party membership of an organisation which he had helped to build. Gumbo — who was controversially fired from the ruling party in the…

IN A positive development, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has dropped most of the demands that he had set as fundamental conditions for him to have direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Daily News can report. In addition, the charismatic MDC boss is once again pushing hard for urgent dialogue between him and the Zanu…

THE embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Zimbabwe recently held The Sichuan Food Festival in Harare. This is a famously celebrated food festival in China and around the world and originates from Sichuan, a south-western Chinese Province. [GoogleAd] It offers a uniquely celebrated Chinese cuisine that comprises dishes made with garlic, chilli peppers,…

HARARE City Council (HCC) has cancelled a deal with a contractor for failing to fulfil agreements signed in Memoranda of Agreement (MOA). The company,  Chimcivil Engineering (Pvt) Ltd was supposed to have developed semi-detached garden flats and housing units. Chimcivil which signed an MOA with Harare council to begin the project in May 2015 was…

RUBBISH collection services have halted in many parts of the capital as half of Harare’s fleet has been grounded due to mechanical faults. Lisben Chipfunde, manager of environment and amenities, said half of the fleet is down. [GoogleAd] During a town hall meeting with residents yesterday, Chipfunde said most of their fleet was either being…

DIVISIONS are widening in MDC Masvingo province after the party disqualified Tongai Matutu from contesting against James Gumbi for the post of provincial chairperson. Matutu was disqualified because he has not been in the party for five years since he defected to former MDC secretary-general-led Tendai Biti’s People Democratic Party (PDP) before returning to the…

WHEN we arrived in cyclone hit Chimanimani a week after the monstrous Idai, what we could only see at most places are stone boulders that had buried wholesome villages underneath and someone coming from another planet could think this is how the place has been all along. The stone boulders, most of them unearthed by…