By Brandon Josphat THE government says it is well prepared to tackle malaria and tuberculosis outbreaks as 80 percent of the medicine in its stocks is for the two lethal diseases. This comes amid an indication that since 2018 Zimbabwe has been registering a surge in malaria cases and deaths. Speaking during the official opening…
By Brighton Muronzereyi BUSINESSMAN and former opposition leading light, Eddie Cross, says there would be serious national ramifications if some Zanu PF members sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-election bid next year. Speaking last night on fast-growing independent commercial television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, Cross also said that Mnangagwa and Zanu PF would…
ZVISHAVANE-BASED platinum miner Mimosa says it has invested US$38 million to improve efficiency and productivity as the firm seeks to contribute towards the government’s US$12 billion mining industry target. This comes at a time the company is set to commission the million-dollar plant optimisation project by end of year. Briefing journalists during a media familiarisation…
By Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the iron and steel plant investment in Manhize, Midlands Province, is set to change ordinary Zimbabweans’ lives. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Dinson lron and Steel Company (Disco), Mnangagwa said the US$1 billion capital investment for the first phase of the project was already having…
By Brandon Josphat FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said the government will construct dry ports to decongest all ports of entry across the country. Speaking during the Zimbabwe and Japan signing ceremony of an agreement on road project improvement for the north-south corridor, Ncube said the construction of dry ports was meant to ease congestion…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed seasoned executive, Tafadzwa Chinamo, as the new boss of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (Zida). Chinamo replaces the late banker Douglas Munatsi, who died in a mysterious fi re at his Harare penthouse in November last year. On its part, Zida described Chinamo as an accomplished business leader with…
POLICE have arrested three people in the wake of Tuesday’s audacious armed robbery in Bulawayo, where the bandits stole about 12kg of gold that was on its way to Fidelity Gold Refiners from How Mine. Confirming the arrests to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, also revealed that fed up law enforcement…
Tendai Kamhungirain VICTORIA FALLS AN ENGINEER in the Mines ministry says lack of competence by small-scale and illegal miners has resulted in…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned party bigwigs against dirty tricks ahead of the upcoming central committee polls scheduled for Saturday. This comes as the ruling party is set to hold its elective congress later this month to choose the party’s leadership for the next five years. Addressing a Zanu PF politiburo meeting…
By Dionne Kanyowa OPPOSITION legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have been denied bail for the umpteenth time after they approached the court with a fresh application in which they cited changed circumstances last week. The duo on custodial remand for 17 weeks now for inciting public violence, had argued that their continued detention was…
