By Tapiwa Mashakada ON Thursday, November 24, Treasury proposed a $4.5 trillion (the total bids amounted to $21.8 trillion) budget to be…
IN 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it valueless, then 54-year-old Langton Musaigwa of Mataruse village west of Zimbabwe in…
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube presented his proposed $4,5 trillion 2023 National Budget in Parliament on Thursday, which consumer rights groups said fall short of addressing the concerns of the ordinary people. He said the budget was meant to, among other things, stabilise prices of basic goods, inflation and the local currency. The…
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ZIMBABWE is gearing up for next year’s elections after the Finance minister Mthuli Ncube provided $76 billion funding for the smooth running of the plebiscite. Presenting the 2023 budget at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden on Thursday, Ncube said preparations for the general elections had started in earnest. “The country will hold harmonised…
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THE Gweru City Council (GCC) has rolled out US$90 000 towards a tower-light rehabilitation project targeting all residential areas in the locality. In its latest update, the GCC revealed that it purchased 600 lighting LED units which will replace the existing old ones which are no longer functional. “Gweru City Council acquired 600 Zimbabwe Energy…
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BY BLESSINGS MASHAYA & BRANDON JOSPHAT THINGS are looking even more ominous for the opposition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, after Zanu PF said on Thursday that it wanted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to review the number of constituencies in urban areas at the end of the current delimitation exercise. This, the…
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BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE police have confirmed that the nine-year-old Tsholotsho girl who recently gave birth at a Bulawayo hospital was made pregnant by her 13-year-old cousin. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed that DNA results released last Friday showed that the 13-year-old boy was the father of the off-spring. “The…
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BY KETTY NYONI THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has called on the government and lawmakers to speedily push for the implementation of the Whistleblower Protection Act to protect informants, as they are currently reluctant to appear before the courts in fear of victimisation. The proposed Act has been approved by Cabinet and awaits Parliament and…
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COME from Zambia, a country in the heart of southern Africa that is linked to its many neighbours by not only its borders, but also by a rich history of solidarity at a time when it was particularly risky for it to do so. Kenneth Kaunda, the father of our nation, instilled that legacy in…
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OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official, Tendai Biti, has raised a red flag on the Patriotic Bill, claiming the proposed law was an attempt to close the democratic space ahead of next year’s polls. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Biti said citizens’ rights to freedom of expression would be infringed…
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