ZIMBABWE’S tobacco sector is showing strong signs of growth ahead of the 2025/2026 farming season, with the area planted under irrigated tobacco now 60 percent above the record levels set in 2024. Tobacco seed sales are also 11 percent firmer compared to the same time in 2024, which bodes well for attaining the 2025/2026 production…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has announced new producer prices for cereals for the 2025/26 agricultural season, with maize and traditional grain farmers set to benefit from higher payments compared to last year. According to the announcement, the maize producer price has been increased from US$333 to US$380 per tonne, the same…
A ZANU PF affiliate has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to shake up his Cabinet and fire government officials who are allegedly working against him. Speaking at a media conference in Harare yesterday, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Youth Action Platform (ZYAP), Tonderai Chidawa — added that the recent changes to the Zanu PF politburo needed…
THE Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) has announced an injection of US$5,3 million to resuscitate Dorowa Mine, aiming to significantly boost local fertiliser production. This strategic move is intended to reduce the country’s reliance on imports and protect farmers from costly and potentially harmful chemicals. Speaking this week during a media tour of fertiliser companies across…
THE chairperson of the Parliamentary Youth Caucus Stanley Sakupwanya says the 2026 National Budget should reflect aspirations and priorities of the young generation. This comes amid expectations that the 2026 budget will seek to further boost the country’s economy, lift the lives of the poor and support ailing businesses. Speaking during a youth-inclusive budget consultative…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE have raised alarm over a surge in scams, including the Chadonha (dropped money) trick and ukuqhatshwa (fake job offers), urging the public to exercise extreme caution. According to Bulawayo deputy police spokesperson Thandekile Ndlovu, con artists are targeting unsuspecting members of the public with promises of quick cash or lucrative…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A TOUT who is accused of raping a Grade 7 pupil at Rezende Bus Terminus in Harare appeared at the magistrates court yesterday were he was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. The court heard that Givemore Mutape of Whitecliff has been evading arrest since the day police…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE country’s 2026 National Budget will seek to further boost the country’s economy, lift the lives of the poor and support ailing businesses, authorities say. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the deputy minister of Finance, Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, also encouraged all Zimbabweans yesterday to suggest…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER BELEAGUERED former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi yesterday notified the court that he intends to file an application for refusal of further remand. Through his lawyer, Killian Mandiki, he told magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa that the State was taking too long to allocate him a trial date, which is the basis…
Tapiwa Chirume HARARE City Council (HCC) is set to shut down the MDC’s headquarters in the capital, after the former main opposition party failed to pay more than US$50 000 that it owes to the local authority. HCC acting town clerk, Phakamile Mabhena Moyo, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that the outstanding money was…
