adminShield for local content: Procurement policy on cards to bolster import controls
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Government is crafting a National Procurement Policy aimed at bolstering the country’s industrialisation efforts towards promoting economic growth, Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Employ locals for dualisation project
All is now set for the long-awaited dualisation of the busiest road in southern Africa.
50 killed in ISIL attack in Qamishli
Two explosions have struck a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens.
Foot and Mouth disease dents Midlands show
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief THE 91st edition of the Midlands Agricultural Show starts today minus one of its main attractions, the cattle exhibition, for the second year in a…
Import restrictions meant to revive industry
Yoliswa Dube STATUTORY Instrument 64 of 2016 which many have interpreted as advocating for the “ban” of import goods has met with mixed reactions.
Zimplow seeks products protection
Bianca Mlilo, Business Reporter FARM implements manufacturer Zimplow Limited is lobbying the Government to include agricultural equipment and machinery under the Statutory Instrument (S.I) 64 of 2016 to protect it…
‘Hyenas’ flee into caves as cops hunt 9 sex pests
Lilongwe — Police in Malawi’s Nsanje district are on the hunt for nine men, notorious for raping young girls as part of an cultural cleansing tradition, Nyasa Times reports.
UN warns South Sudan’s Kiir over Machar replacement
The UN has warned South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir that any political appointments must be consistent with a peace deal that ended nearly two years of civil war.
Beitbridge Border Post rakes in $2m daily
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) collects approximately $2 million a day at the Beitbridge Border Post.
Aspirant ANC councillor shot dead in Nelson Mandela Bay
Port Elizabeth — The African National Congress said it was shocked after a ward councillor candidate was shot and killed in Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday.