Month: March 2024
Grain imports liberalised…VAT on rice, potato seed removed
GOVERNMENT has liberalised the importation of grain at household level as part of a raft of measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the El Nino-induced drought and guaranteeing national food security. This was revealed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dr Jenfan Muswere after yesterday’s Cabinet meeting where food security was one of […]
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Authorities suspend Simlex licence
THE operator’s licence for Simlex bus company has been suspended after a fatal bus accident in South Africa which has so far resulted in the death of 15 Zimbabweans. In a statement yesterday, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona ordered the suspension of the company’s operations until it was fully compliant with all the […]
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New UK visa rules hit hardNew UK visa rules hit hardUK Home Secretary James CleverlyWallace
Herald Reporter THE United Kingdom’s Home Office has implemented new visa rules that ban overseas care workers and most overseas students from bringing dependant family members to the country. The measures were put in place on Monday, with the UK Home Office saying there was a “disproportionate” situation where 120 000 dependants accompanied 100 000 […]
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Parly to fast track age of consent and PVO Bills
PARLIAMENT has resolved to fast-track the revised Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill, Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Protection of Children and Young Persons Amendment Bill, and the Administration of Estates Amendment Bill as the Second Republic moves to close potential gaps in the laws. The three Bills were tabled before the National Assembly last week […]
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3 investors eye sugar industry
THREE potential investors have expressed interest in tapping into investments in the country’s sugar industry amid plans to set up a new milling plant in the Lowveld, which could break the Tongaat Hulett-dominated monopoly in the sugar-producing industry. Government is working on facilitating the widening of the sector, as it believes this would result in […]
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Business community commits to President’s vision
Wallace Ruzvidzo-Herald Reporter THE business community cherishes the conducive environment ushered in by President Mnangagwa and will play its part to ensure supermarket shelves are stocked with local products and maintaining price stability. Responding to President Mnangagwa’s call for the business sector to step up to the plate in the quest for an upper middle […]
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‘Sino-Zim medical efforts impressive’
Mukudzei Chingwere–Herald Reporter Medical collaboration between Zimbabwe and China has impressed Government, especially after it has now matured into the twinning arrangement involving Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital in Changsha, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga said yesterday. In a speech read on his behalf by the Minister of Health and Child […]
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Tobacco marketing season opens amid high hopes for better prices
Precious Manomano-Herald Reporter Farmers have started delivering tobacco to the two licenced auction floors ahead of the opening tomorrow, with high expectations for better prices this season. Deliveries of the contract crop start on Thursday. Tobacco growers were affected by poor rains and those who have a good crop expect better prices on the back […]
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Embassy deploys to aid SA crash victims
THE Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town has sent a team to the scene of an accident where 13 Zimbabweans were killed and others injured, including 12 still in hospital, when their coach collided with a haulage truck on the N1 highway near Hex River Pass, Western Cape, South Afric Tragedy struck on Saturday night when […]
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We must be better than the best: President
To catapult Zimbabwe to its Vision 2030 of an upper middle-income economy, Zimbabweans must strive to be better than the best by harnessing technology and also employing competent personnel, President Mnangagwa has said. He said this yesterday as he hosted pastors from the Seventh Day Adventist Church who visited and toured his Precabe Farm in […]
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