By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE United States of America (USA) is hoping that its partial lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe this week will help the country and further improve relations between Harare and Washington. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, US Chargé d’Affaires, Laurence Socha, also stressed that Washington’s new measures…
ORGANISERS of the country’s premier business exhibition — the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) — say preparations for this year’s showcase are progressing very well. This comes as the mega 2024 trade show will run from April 23 to 27 — under the theme ‘Entrepreneurship: The Catalyst for Industrialisation and Trade’. ZITF chairperson, Busisa Moyo,…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says they are going to put in place a plethora of measures to curb side marketing and ensure a smooth flow of tobacco transportation ahead of next week’s opening of the marketing season. This comes as the board deregistered more than 40 000 growers…
BULAWAYO councillors have expressed concern over the poor maintenance of Blair toilets in the city’s biggest high density suburb, Cowdray Park, a situation they fear could result in an outbreak of diseases if left unattended. This comes as the country in general, and Bulawayo in particular, is battling a cholera outbreak that has claimed several…
THE country is set for another by-election after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced April 27 as the date for polls in two Harare constituencies. The by-elections were occasioned by the resignation of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mt Pleasant legislator Fadzayi Mahere and her Harare East counterpart, Rusty Markham, from Parliament recently. In an extraordinary Government…
By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat ANALYSTS have urged authorities to take heed of all the things that continue to worry the United States of America (USA) about Zimbabwe, to further improve relations between Harare and Washington. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the analysts added that the surprise move by the USA this week…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed fuel prices upwards both in foreign and local currency. Diesel in local currency was selling for $18 265.37 and was increased to $26 086.51 per litre while in foreign currency it was trading at US$ 1.67 and went up to US$ 1.69 per litre.Petrol in local currency…
By Brandon Josphat and Blessings Mashaya HARD-PRESSED Zimbabweans are resigned to having to endure more economic pain after authorities hiked electricity tariffs, as well as vehicle licensing and toll fees at the weekend. This comes amid the country’s worsening Zim dollar and price crisis, which has put both ordinary consumers and businesses alike under high…
FORMER Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala, who was yesterday acquitted of inciting public violence, says he intends to sue the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the police for damages over his incarceration. He spent nearly two years in pre-trial detention before he was yesterday found not guilty of inciting public violence by Harare magistrate Vongai…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) says it is implementing a raft of new security measures at the Victoria Fall International Airport pending investigations into a recent “bomb and firearm” threat. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was last Friday forced to abandon his trip to the resort city after…
