ECONOMIC developments in the country in recent weeks have shown that citizens should tighten their belts. We are heading into choppy waters from two fronts — the impact of the worsening Russo-Ukraine War and internal rigidities as a result of inadequate availability of foreign currency and outright vice by those who manipulate the foreign currency…
THE government recently introduced a raft of measures meant to stabilise prices, calm the foreign currency exchange rate on the black market and improve the economy at large. Last week, Group Editor-In-Chief Guthrie Munyuki on the popular Vantage programme on 3Ktv interviewed economists Eddie Cross (EC) and Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce chief executive Christopher…
BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AUTHORITIES say they have been misunderstood over their recent economic stabilisation measures, some of which have caused significant anxiety within the business sector. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) John Mangudya said he was gratified that some of the businesses which had…
THE government has availed local currency fuel for tobacco farmers to make the production of the crop viable, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. In a statement at the weekend, the TIMB chief executive officer Meanwell Gudu said the initiative was meant to ensure farmers do not have challenges accessing fuel. “The government…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent his condolences to the Nahyan family and United Arab Emirates (UAE) at large after the death of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan last week. The UAE ministry of Presidential Affairs announced on Friday that there would be 40 days of official mourning with flags at half-mast and three…
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl, Rutendorwashe Mugure, was allegedly killed by her own father on Thursday night while restraining him from assaulting her mother. The incident took place in Chatsworth, Masvingo, around 10pm. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the father, Perai Mugure, 41, came home drunk and allegedly attacked…
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) is set to twin with local authorities from neighbouring countries in a bid to help improve service delivery through sharing of concepts and ideas, in line with the smart cities concept. The local authority says the conclusion of the twinning arrangements with local authorities in Namibia and South Africa were at…
THE Institute of People Management of Zimbabwe (IPMZ) says companies must invest in the mental health wellbeing of their workers. IPMZ recently hosted a conference on mental health in Harare which was attended by human resources practitioners and leaders from different sectors of the economy. This year’s event, which also incorporated a charity dinner, ran under…
Cote d’Ivoire is this year’s host of the COP 15 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNDCCD) and the summit is being…
AUTHORITIES warned yesterday that the heavy bouts of flu that have been ravaging Zimbabweans in recent weeks could be linked to coronavirus. Speaking to the Daily News, the Covid-19 national co-ordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, pictured, said many more people were still going to be affected by flu given the onset of winter, which…
