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Tariro Tumbukai STAFF WRITER INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu, yesterday underscored the pivotal role of standards in achieving Zimbabwe’s industrialisation agenda, asserting that they are the bedrock for the nation’s economic future. Speaking at the World Standards Day celebrations in Harare under the theme, “SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals,” the minister framed standardisation…

Thabiso MutirwaraSTAFF REPORTER THE government has announced plans to ban the use of firewood in tobacco curing by 2030, as part of efforts to reduce deforestation and promote sustainable farming practices. Speaking at the Zim-China Tobacco Expo held in Harare on Thursday, Lands and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said the move was part of the…

Takudzwa Dhambu SENIOR STAFF WRITER PEOPLE outside Zanu PF should not be misled into believing that robust debates inside the ruling party mean that there are ugly wars in the former liberation movement, the party’s director for information, Farai Marapira, has said. Speaking last night on leading independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs…

CHIEF WRITER CIVIL servants will receive a special presidential bonus of US$150, in addition to their regular 13th cheque, as part of efforts to improve government workers’ remuneration and welfare. In a statement yesterday, Public Service minister Edgar Moyo said the special package would be paid in two equal instalments of US$75 each, to be…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER ZIMBABWE is continuing to engage with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in crucial discussions which could lead to Harare securing another Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP.) with the key global financial institution and specialised agency of the United Nations. In this regard, an IMF mission is expected to visit Harare at the end…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER HARARE regional magistrate Esthere Chivasa yesterday did not deliver judgment in the alleged rape cases of self-proclaimed apostolic sect prophet Ishamael Chokurongerwa, but ordered the summoning of three more State witnesses to testify. Chokurongerwa is facing allegations of raping three minors over the years and was expected to hear his…

THE government has ga­zetted a National Drug and Substance Abuse Control and Enforcement Agency Bill that is meant to combat drug and substance abuse when it becomes law. This comes as the gov­ernment is also pulling out all the stops to standardise and stiffen penalties for drug offences in the coun­try, in light of some…

BY RUTENDO NGARA SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, is expected to hear his fate today, in a matter where he stands accused of having raped and impregnated three minors. The State alleges that the controversial but popular apostolic sect leader led a cult and committed the crimes at his farm in Nyabira — on the outskirts…

ZANU PF must put more effort on people-centred policies and programmes that will further lift the lives of needy Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated yesterday. Addressing a Zanu PF central committee meeting in Harare, Mnangagwa also said the ruling party was committed to seeing the country achieve an upper-middle-income status by 2030. He added that…

ZIMBABWE’S maize harvest has rebounded sharply from last year’s drought, with 1,8 million tonnes produced in the 2024/25 season, nearly three times the 635 000 tonnes recorded in 2024, according to the Zimstat Post-Harvest Survey Report. The harvest, however, remained below the government’s forecast of 2,3 million tonnes. This development follows one of the country’s…