By Brandon Josphat SOME basic goods are now often unavailable in retail outlets around the country, amid claims that this is due to demands by concerned suppliers that they paid cash and only in US dollars. The president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), Denford Mutashu, confirmed the shortages in some product lines to…
By Rutendo Ngara ONE of the country’s biggest companies, Delta Beverages, yesterday awarded bursaries to another 20 top performing students to allow them to further their studies. The bursary awards, which have been running for two decades, will see this latest batch of lucky students selected from the country’s 10 provinces being supported by the…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government has directed that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) should outsource services for grain grading and moisture content check in a bid to promote transparency in grain delivery. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of government-farmers interface in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central province, on Tuesday, permanent secretary in the ministry…
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala was yesterday found guilty of obstruction of justice by a Harare magistrate and sentenced to an optional US$600 or six months in jail. Sikhala, who has been in remand prison since his arrest in June last year, was on trial after he posted a video on social media claiming that…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will today travel to the United Kingdom for the coronation of King Charles III as he hopes to use the trip to intensify the country’s re-engagement process. This comes as the Second Republic foreign policy emphasises that Zimbabwe is a friend to all and an enemy to none. In…
INFLUENTIAL Catholic clerics fear that this year’s crunch elections could be disputed again, especially seeing that the scope for national dialogue appears to have passed. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the new secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC), Tryvis Moyo, said the failure by the country to institute all needed electoral reforms…
By Brandon Josphat THE government has announced that the country is going to participate in the Osaka Expo 2025 to be held in Japan, as it seeks to strengthen its engagement and re-engagement policy. Expo 2025 is an upcoming world Expo organised and sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions and where more than 150…
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has implored the government, business and labour to work more closely together in the interest of workers and other stakeholders. Addressing workers in Harare on May Day, the ILO’s representative in Zimbabwe, Annamarie Kiaga, also said it was crucial for the country to effect a new and inclusive social contract…
By Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE had by Monday this week recorded a total of 588 cholera cases, and four deaths with Matabeleland South and Manicaland provinces reporting the highest cases since January this year. This comes as eight of the 16 Sadc countries have reported cholera outbreaks with most cases reported in Malawi and Mozambique. Information…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO regional court has withdrawn charges against a suspected fraudster who was accused of defrauding three people of a combined US$45 000 by promising them United Kingdom travelling visas. Brian Jele, 36 had the charges withdrawn when the State failed to convincingly nail him. Announcing the ruling, Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet…
