The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has so far, installed dryers at seven depots to deal with moisture content of delivered grain. Four more dryers are expected to be installed this month end. Over the years GMB has been battling grain rot caused by high moisture content in delivered grain. GMB is yet to start receiving […]
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister, Thoko Didiza, has called on the public to alert the department’s nearest district offices when they spot brown locusts. Updating the nation on the outbreak of brown locusts (Locustana Pardalin), Didiza said South Africa has been experiencing this outbreak in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Western Cape […]
Mary Mubaiwa most definitely has the right go to her own preferred destination for medical reasons, be it China – as her estranged husband has – or anywhere else. She, of a truth, has the right to be treated and come back refreshed and free from her illness just as the good vice president did. […]
World Health Organization (WHO) has provided the Malawi Governemnt with 1, 947, 695 doses of oral cholera vaccine to the Malawi Government. The vaccine will be administered to eight districts of Nsanje, Chikwawa, Mulanje, Phalombe, Blantyre, Machinga, Balaka and Mangochi. Malawi’s Ministry of Health has also received some critical tools in the fight against the […]
Corruption, tax fraud and misappropriation of public property can now be amnestied in Tunisia. On March 21, President Kaïes Saïed used his expanded executive powers to sign a decree on criminal reconciliation, which adds to a law passed in 2017 under President Béji Caïd Essebsi. But it also angers civil society. “We chose this day […]
NORWEGIAN Confederation of Trade Unions (NCTU), the largest and most influential labour federation in Norway, has urged Zimbabwe to tap into the vast youth potential and organise such workers who make the majority of the populace. Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com on the sidelines of the ZCTU’s two days long Young Workers Policy Review meeting which kicked […]
As one way of complementing Government efforts in planting more trees, Sunbird Tourism has adopted a section of Zomba Mountain Forest and planted about 3, 600 indigenous trees. The event supported by the Department of Forestry, which is responsible for the management of the Zomba Mountain Forest Plantation. Speaking in an interview after the exercise, […]
Gweru — First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday urged people to take up life-changing opportunities, including enrolling for short courses, through open learning at Zimbabwe Open University. She said this to hundreds of people drawn from the eight districts of the Midlands Province that thronged Gweru to register for the various courses being offered through […]
The Ghana Garden and Flower Movement has called on Ghanaians to cultivate more gardens to protect the environment and health. The movement is an initiative of the Strategic Communications Africa Limited (Stratcomm Africa), a marketing communication agency and was instituted in 2013. The call was to mark the World Health Day celebrated yesterday under the […]
The National Security Minister, Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, has stated that the judiciary plays a crucial role in ensuring national security. He was speaking at a sensitisation workshop on national security strategy for judges on Thursday. Mr Dapaah said justice was often ignored in the conversation about national security. The National Security Minister told judges […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has conferred the Grand Medal of Ghana on the outgoing Ambassador of the United State (US), Stephanie Sullivan, for her successful tour of duty in Ghana. The state honour, one of the country’s prestigious national honours, was presented to the US ambassador at a ceremony at the Jubilee House in […]
Six state institutions which owe the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) a combined amount of GH₵8,213,237 have been given three working days to pay their debts or face disconnection. According to the ECG, the Ministry of Communications owe GH₵5,080,752.37, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), GH₵558,014; National Information Technology Agency (NITA), GH₵1,543,113. 42; Internal Audit Agency, […]
The Vice-president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says although the economic growth of the country has been temporarily stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia/ Ukraine war, the nation is still on the right path to economic prosperity. Acknowledging the reality of the suffering people are facing, he said the future of Ghana was brighter and […]
The Ministry of Energy has refuted claims by a former Minister of Power, Dr Kwabena Donkor, that the country risked slumping back into prolong power outages popularly referred to as “Dumsor” if urgent steps are not taken to address issues of increasing peak demands of electricity in the country. According to the Ministry, the country […]
Eden’s Oasis Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has announced a plan to build a tertiary institution for physically challenged students, in the country. The institution to be built at Prampram, in the Greater Accra Region, is to give easy access to tertiary education,to the physically challenged, and help them climb the academic ladder after Senior […]
Standard Bank Malawi has returned to football after unveiling a K46 million annual sponsorship for three years for Malawi’s three regional leagues which will receive K15 million each. Standard Bank Malawi head of consumer and high net worth clients Charity Mughogho said the sponsorship will be under the banner of Unayo, the bank’s digital platform […]
The Association of Vendors in Blantyre has applauded one of the the country’s leading banks, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) Plc for introducing new digital financial customer services which is helping its clients to make transactions in a smooth manner that is improving time management. The vendors disclosed this on Wednesday during a dinner organized […]
Enugu — An Igbo group, the South East Renaissance Assembly has said it is confident that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will zone its presidential ticket to the region. National Coordinator of the group and former governorship aspirant in Enugu state, Gbazuagu Nweke made this known yesterday while addressing a press conference. […]