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MANY Zimbabweans have urged authorities to resist the temptation to impose a fresh hard national lockdown after a new coronavirus  variant was recently identified in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana. People who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the government should, instead, intensify its vaccination programme to give the country’s recovering economy a chance to heal further,…

Melisa Chatikobo  HARARE City Council will intensify its preservation of wetlands in order to help the local authority reduce the resources it uses on procuring water treatment chemicals.  HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said pollution of water bodies had increased the chemicals needed for water purification.  “We have set aside $83.5 million for the preservation of…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has attributed the sharp increase in ratepayers who are settling their bills on time to the implementation of its new credit control policy.  The policy was designed to assist ratepayers in managing their arrears while improving the council’s cash flow position.  The local authority has been operating without a documented…

Melisa Chatikobo  THE Livestock & Meat Advisory Council (LMAC) has urged the government to decentralise the selling of maize to reduce the cost of stockfeed for smallholder farmers.  Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, LMAC economist Reneth Moyo said allowing farmers to sell grain to each other would significantly reduce the cost of livestock.  Moyo…

Melisa Chatikobo  THE Covid-19 pandemic had a disastrous effect on the production of free-range chickens as the sub-sector dropped by 30 percent.  According to the Zimbabwe Free Range Poultry Association (ZFRPA), the country had a stock of 59 million free-range chickens in the 2017/18 season, which had since declined to 42 million.   “There was a…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba made a bombshell assertion yesterday that is guaranteed to create a fresh stir within the country’s warring main opposition. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday, Charamba claimed that Nelson Chamisa had been sending emissaries to Mnangagwa through the president’s associates to bargain for talks which would have the…

SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI POLICE have arrested a Fawcett Security Company guard for allegedly conniving with bandits to stage a fake robbery which saw the cash-in-transit crew lose US$334 290 along the Harare-Bulawayo highway on Thursday.  National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said initial investigations have led to the arrest of the cash-in-transit guard Bongani Mpofu as…

RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) in partnership with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Friday launched the Strategy for the Elimination of Sexual Harassment and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the workplace in the country.  The strategy seeks to protect all levels of workers, ultimately creating an environment that would lead to a reduction…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is working on complying with the conditions set for it to re-join the Commonwealth, including engaging the United Kingdom (UK) on the matter, a top government official has said.  This comes as Number 10 Downing Street has also said it was ready to improve relations with Harare as long as political…

THE government is contemplating engaging South African authorities over the fate of over 200 000 migrants whose Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs), which end on December 31, will not be renewed.  This comes as the South African government on Thursday announced that the ZEP holders need to apply for other permits or return to Zimbabwe.  While…