GOVERNMENT says it is scaling up measures to ensure that all public entities boost their financial outputs and contribute to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) while also providing quality service delivery. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) stakeholders meeting, permanent secretary in the Office…
THE Nigerian government has shown appreciation to Zimbabwe’s agricultural systems and its Agriculture minister is in the country to deliberate on how Zimbabwe can assist in its production growth. Nigeria has been experiencing severe flooding in recent years, forcing its government to declare states of disaster. Addressing the media at a meeting with Agriculture minister…
HUMANITARIAN organisations, including Oxfam Zimbabwe, Hope for a Child in Christ (Hocic) and Start Network, have collaborated to deliver food assistance to over 20 000 people in Matabeleland South Province’s food insecure areas. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared this year’s drought a state of national disaster and appealed for international assistance. Speaking to…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw CEO Africa Roundtable board chairman Oswell Binha has commended local businesspeople for showing fortitude and resilience in the face of tough economic challenges. Binha made the remarks during the CEO Africa Roundtable Annual Banquet held in Harare on Thursday night. The event was graced by dignitaries who included United States Ambassador…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BEITBRIDGE man, Benson Ndlovu, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the brutal murder of a fellow resident, Langton Ncube. The incident occurred after Ncube intervened in a dispute between Ndlovu and another individual over an undisclosed issue. Ndlovu was convicted of murder following a full trial before…
Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE country is expecting a bumper tobacco harvest in the 2024/2025 summer season on the back of increased hectarage put under the crop. According to Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Services chief director Leonard Munamati, the hectarage put under tobacco had risen from 46 989 hectares in the 2023/24 season…
ZIMBABWE’S services sector is witnessing significant improvements in service provision and customer satisfaction, the 2024 State of Service Economy Survey (SOSES) shows….
AT LEAST 117 trainee surgeons are undergoing regionalised training, minister of Health Douglas Mombeshora said yesterday. He was speaking at the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) scientific conference in Harare. “The government is working to increase the country’s pool of surgeons which will enable the decentralisation of specialised health services…
MICRO, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) should formalise their operations to avoid being excluded from tenders and other business opportunities, an official has said. Acting Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, and Small and Medium Enterprises Development provincial development officer for Bulawayo, Clayton Mharadzano said this on the side lines of an MSME Expo recently. Mharadzano…
By Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A FORMER Shamva Mining Company employee who allegedly sold a company vehicle has appeared in court facing a US$17 000 fraud charge. Fastino Ngoma appeared yesterday before magistrate Apolonia Marutya who granted him US$100 bond. He was remanded to December 31. Prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi alleged that in January 2021,…
