By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw MINISTER of Industry Mangaliso Ndhlovu says 160 000 households in the country are being supported by the tobacco industry. This comes as Swan Valley Group on Thursday launched seven SKUs of finished tobacco products to the market. Speaking during the official product launch in Harare, Ndhlovu said the tobacco industry was…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE Japanese government has injected US$5 million towards supporting local smallholder farmers in a project to grow sesame seeds for export to the Asian country. The project titled “Livelihoods Support for Smallholder Farmers through Enhancing resilience to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture” would be implemented through the World Food Programme (WFP)….
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a married couple, Gwendolyn and Melusi Ndlovu, who acted as recruitment agents before allegedly defrauding unsuspecting overseas jobseekers of over US$130 000 in 2023. The duo was arrested, appeared in court, granted bail and later fled. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube yesterday said…
Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw TEMPERATURES continue to rise in Zanu PF over the party’s muchdebated recent resolution that urges President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030. So heated have things become within the former liberation movement, that it is now threatening to cut loose all members who are opposed to the push….
Jeffrey Muvundusi SOUTHERN EDITOR THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is hoping to receive US$72 million for its water and sanitation upgrading if it manages to implement set conditions required by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB). This was confirmed by Bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube at a water indaba yesterday in the city. He was responding…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE government says it is currently devising new measures meant to curb illegal parcelling of State land by land barons. Speaking to the Daily News on the side-lines of a stakeholders meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, minister of Local Government Daniel Garwe said one of the measures would be to ensure land…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI TWENTY four foreign nationals from Malawi and Burundi appeared before the Beitbridge Magistrates Court for contravening the country’s immigration laws. “The accused persons were sentenced to US$30 fine or face 13 days imprisonment, in default of payment,” the National Prosecuting Authority said in a statement yesterday. “The accused persons, 20 Malawian nationals aged…
Kudzanai GeredeCompanies and Markets Editor AS this year’s summer agricultural season takes off amid high optimism stemming from improved rainfall forecasts, preparations have suffered a major setback due to seed shortages for a number of key strategic crops. This comes as the government wants to capitalise on the favourable rainfall forecast for this year to…
Blessings Mashaya POLITICAL EDITOR mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF leaders are escalating their push to persuade President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond his current second and final term, which ends in 2028. In this regard, at least five provincial party bigwigs have confirmed that they will continue to lobby Mnangagwa to accept the former liberation…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw EMOTION got the better of former First Lady Grace Mugabe who wept in court yesterday when some of her late husband Robert Mugabe’s belongings were tendered as exhibits during the trial of her ex-workers accused of theft. The five former employees, Tendai Nyamudze, Allen Chinamonya, Danmore Chinamonya, Samson Karonga, and Brighton Bunganirwa,…
