BUSINESS NEWS

ZITF to approach govt on SEZ status

THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) company says it plans to engage the government and request special economic zone (SEZ) status to increase capacity utilisation and widen its business activ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF polls a test for Mnangagwa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's credentials as party leader will come under the most stringent test today when Zanu-PF holds hotly-contested primary elections to choose aspiring Members of Parliament a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe allies vow to spoil the meal for Mnangagwa

Former president Robert Mugabe's allies have started coming out of their shells to challenge his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa in a move that is likely to stoke tension between the two Zanu-PF gladiato...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

EDUCATION

Teachers tell minister to 'Go hang'

TEACHERS have blasted government and told Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima to go hang and stop intimidating them through threats as the strike action which they are planning to hol...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

More party members dump Mujuru

THE NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) suffered a massive blow yesterday as more than 50 national and provincial leaders from Mashonaland East province dumped the outfit and joined MDC-T, claiming there wa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Chamisa to boot out Chinese investors

MDC-T president Nelson Chamisa yesterday said if voted into power he will expel Chinese investors and cancel deals Government signed with the world's second-largest economy running into billions of do...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

OPINION

May Day loses significance

Noah Bikita (42) is a former Detroop Mine workers committee chairman. He worked at the mine as a driver and is now paying the price for standing for workers' rights in 2016, as he is out of employment...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Chiwenga challenges business to generate forex

VICE-PRESIDENT Constatino Chiwenga has challenged business to enter the export sector and earn vital foreign currency which is currently in short supply and affecting Zimbabwe's capacity to process ex...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa sets date for MDC-T primaries

OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's MDC-T will hold primary elections from Saturday this week, with the final candidates' list expected by end of next week, NewsDay reported.Party secretary-general Dou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Tshinga Dube faces Makokoba primaries rerun

Zanu-PF Makokoba MP Tshinga Dube's recent electoral victory in the party's primary elections might be short-lived after another losing candidate, Peter Baka Nyoni, sought nullification of the results ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

'Don't vote Zanu-PF'

THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday labelled the Zanu-PF government as the workers' number one enemy, and called on all workers to dump the ruling party in the upcoming general elec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Mutsvangwa crashes in Zanu-PF primaries

SEVERAL Zanu-PF bigwigs, mostly politburo members and Cabinet ministers, were left in shock yesterday after they lost in the just-ended party primary elections, a development likely to end their polit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF deploys police, air force for primaries

CIVIC organisations and opposition political parties have accused Zanu-PF of using State resources to run its primary elections after the party deployed police officers and air force helicopters to ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

OPINION

Sound policies can win it for MDC Alliance

The MDC Alliance is showing dangerous traits of continuously proposing a welfare State and doing so without the consideration that the double entry of a welfare society is the taxpayers' burden. There...

By Brian Sedze | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Moyo dumps Mujuru

DEPUTY national spokesperson of the Dr Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party (NPP) Mr Methuseli Moyo has quit the party saying the new political landscape needs rethinking.Dr Mujuru's NPP has been ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Firms urged to lead free trade implementation

THE private sector should drive implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and be at the forefront of lobbying for harmonisation of trade laws as they are major beneficiaries o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt, industry to meet quarterly

GOVERNMENT has agreed to convene regular meetings with the private sector to discuss issues affecting business in order to unlock economic growth.Responding to a question from the Confederation of Zim...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

SA firms seek Bulawayo partnerships

A SOUTH African embassy business delegation was in Bulawayo last week to gather data on manufacturing companies in the city for possible partnerships with investors in the neighbouring country.The vis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Minister calls for tax regime review

THERE is a need for Government and its stakeholders to review the tax regime in the country to ensure that it does not repel foreign and local investors, a Cabinet Minister has said.Local Government, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

SMM resumes production

SHABANIE-Mashaba Mines (SMM) Holdings has started delivering asbestos to industry in a major import substitution victory for the country, and the firm expects to resume exports in July this year.SMM, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

EDUCATION

Govt to meet teachers

THE Government will this week meet teachers' unions to start negotiations on a number of issues raised by the civil servants and map the way forward, Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa imposes Tsvangirai relatives

MDC-T leader Mr Nelson Chamisa is accused of imposing relatives of the late party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to contest in the forthcoming general elections set for latter this year, a development th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Tobacco farmers earn $164 million

Tobacco farmers have received $163,8 million after delivering 58,3 million kg to the floors during the first 25 days of the 2018 tobacco marketing season giving them a price rise of 3,6 percent.In 201...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare traffic lights dysfunctional

MOST traffic lights in Harare are malfunctioning, exposing motorists and other road users to accidents and unnecessary traffic jams.A snap survey by The Herald recently showed some of the traffic ligh...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Zimbabwe economy poised for fast growth'

Zimbabwe is poised to be among the fastest growing economies in Africa in the next 10 years if the people remain united, visiting Chinese vice chairman of China-Africa Business Council, Mr HuaRong Zha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

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