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THE 2024 environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability conference will focus on encouraging and empowering the private and public sector to embrace “sustainable futures”.  The conference, set for September, is being organised by the Institute of Directors Zimbabwe (IoDZ), Institute of Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe (ICAZ) and the Institute of Sustainability Africa (INSAF), and will…

THE Zimbabwe Dairy Industry Trust (ZDIT) has called on players in the sector to formulate effective policies which will ensure dairy products are safe and sustainable. Speaking during an International Dairy Federation (IDF) stakeholders meeting yesterday, ZDIT chairman Mahlathini Mutsvairo said the dairy sector had a crucial role in the formulation of sustainable policies. “The…

MUTAPA Investment Fund (MIF) chief executive John Mangudya says well-managed State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a crucial role in growing the country’s economy. Established under the Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, the MIF is overseeing the operations of over 60 parastatals across diverse sectors. Speaking to the Daily News in an interview yesterday, Mangudya said the country’s…

A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Makokoba suburb has been acquitted of rape charges, but was, however, sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for a theft charge. Jeremiah Mudau appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza and pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, but guilty to theft charges. He was acquitted of the rape charge after the…

THE Harare City Council has collaborated with the Harare Institute of Technology to introduce an innovative mobile revenue collection system called eMusika. During its launch yesterday, the city fathers said they would use the system  to enhance revenue collection and allow the municipality’s management to monitor transactions in real time.Speaking to the Daily News on…

A FULL Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bench yesterday set aside a Supreme Court ruling upholding a forensic audit report linking former National Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairperson, Robin Vela to alleged corruption. In March 2019, BDO Zimbabwe Chartered accountants, after having been contracted by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri, released a damning forensic audit report which implicated Vela…

POLICE have confirmed the arrest of three men at the Beitbridge Border Post on Sunday while they were allegedly attempting to smuggle 10 firearms concealed in a coffin with a dead man into Zimbabwe from South Africa. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspects were travelling in a vehicle carrying the body of a…

AUTHORITIES say more efforts are underway to inject adequate resources in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) to ensure more pupils take up the subjects as this will drive scientific innovation and economic growth. This comes after at least 16 schools from across the country have convened at the National University of Science and Technology…

A CYCLIST and two passengers on board died on the spot after their bike was hit by a Stallion Cruise bus in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, last Friday. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Matabeleland North police spokesperson Glory Banda said the bus driver fatally hit the three men after he failed to negotiate a…

AUTHORITIES have banned, with immediate effect, individual farmers from selling their cattle at household level, but through government-monitored ward-based business units to protect them from “panic sales” as the country faces the El Ninoinduced drought. This was confirmed by the deputy minister of Agriculture, Vangelis Haritatos, yesterday while addressing journalists in Harare and presenting the…