HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamnasa was on Tuesday taken to task by parliamentarians for understating the country’s budget deficit and violating the Constitution in many areas of fiscal management. MDC legislator Eddie Cross said the $700 million budget deficit envisaged by Chinamasa was at variance and the parliamentary committee on Finance’s $1,9 billion deficit…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is prioritising the mining of lithium as it moves to revive the country’s economy. Australia-based mining firm Prospect Resources said its Arcadia Lithium Deposit has been identified as a priority mining development project by the Office of the President and Cabinet of Zimbabwe. This was after the ministry of…
HARARE – South Korean ambassador to Zimbabwe Cho Jaichel has committed himself to marketing the country’s tourism products in the Asian global economic giant after being charmed by its beauty. He said this after paying a courtesy call to the offices of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) whose flagship publication, the Daily News he…
HARARE – The continued rise in the cost of living is creating serious challenges for the new government which is now faced with fresh demands from civil servants for massive salary adjustments in line with the increase in the breadline. Unions told the Daily News this week that public workers were being driven to the…
HARARE – Government owes more than $100 million to tertiary institutions for the cadetship programme. Peter Mataruse, chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, said the cadetship programme owes $35 million to training institutions. “The ministry requested for $10 million to clear the outstanding debt. The committee…
HARARE – At least 37 motorists have been arrested for disregarding traffic rules, with Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) commendably using moral suasion to warn against reckless driving. In a statement yesterday, deputy police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said: “ZRP has noted with concern a sudden increase in the number of motorists who are failing to adhere…
HARARE – Government is failing to adequately fund the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) initiative, meant to assist vulnerable children with their school fees. Labour and Social Welfare committee chairperson Magna Mudyiwa told legislators during a discussion on the national budget on Tuesday that arrears incurred under Beam between 2015 to 2017 now stand at…
HARARE – The US envoy in Harare yesterday came close to apologising for scurrilous remarks made by President Donald Trump that immigrants from Africa and Haiti come from “s***hole countries.” Trump reportedly made the remarks at a private meeting with lawmakers on immigration last Thursday. [GoogleAd] A US senator who attended the gathering said the…
HARARE – The Global Fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria yesterday granted Zimbabwe $502 million, with government giving assurances that the money will not be misused. The head of the Global Fund Grant Management, Mark Eddington, said: “This partnership present here … we need to continue to work together in the same spirit. With…
HARARE – Three commercial sex workers who allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint in Harare’s Avenues area before making off with his wallet with bank cards and going on a spending spree appeared in court yesterday. Chipo Nyamande, 23, Moleen Maodzwa, 25, and Chipo Dube, 23, were advised to apply for bail at the High…
