INDUSTRY players say increased foreign currency availability has boosted output in the construction sector.The sector had previously faced challenges over the past two years in securing adequate foreign currency to import essential materials, raw inputs and machinery.Foreign exchange constraints and local currency volatility worsened the shortage, historically limiting the industry’s capacity to operate at optimal…
IT IS time to stop negotiating with the digital vultures circling our children. For too long, we have watched as a generation of young Zimbabweans drifts into a sedative haze of algorithmic addiction, body dysmorphia, and clinical depression — all while the tech giants in Silicon Valley count their profits.The debate sparked by the parliamentary…
AUTHORITIES need to urgently decentralise cancer treatment services in the country, as many patients continue to face major challenges when trying to access assistance.Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the information manager of the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (Caz), Lovemore Makurirofa, said despite national improvements in early cancer detection, treatment services remained largely…
ZIMBABWEAN netball star Thandazile Ndlovu believes his month-long stint in Singapore’s Deloitte Netball Super League will unlock bigger doors for her.Ndlovu, a goal shooter for ZPCS’ Correctional Queens and the national netball team, secured the move to the Deloitte Netball Super League, facilitated by a United Kingdom-based agency called Step Out 7 as part of…
ZIMBABWEANS have urged that the proposed Police Amendment Bill, currently undergoing public scrutiny, should include the establishment of an internal disciplinary committee to deal with corrupt police officers and other misconduct cases.This comes as Parliament conducts nationwide public consultations to gather citizens’ views on the proposed Police Amendment Bill after it was approved by Cabinet…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Zimbabwe’s inflation will remain in single digits throughout 2026, marking a significant milestone in the country’s return to macroeconomic stability.This comes as the annual ZiG inflation dropped to 4,1 percent in January — the first time that the local currency figure had fallen to single digits since…
LIFESTYLE WRITER EMERGING visual artist Salma Sibanda is set to stage his inaugural solo exhibition, “A Spectrum of Thoughts”, at the National…
WATER supplies to most parts of Bulawayo city are chemically safe, despite discolouration being reported at consumer taps following recent heavy rains, the city council has said.Bulawayo City Council town clerk Christopher Dube yesterday said operational monitoring and laboratory tests showed that most chemical aspects of the water, such as pH, conductivity, and alkalinity, were…
ZANU PF will discipline central committee members who snubbed the Gweru seminar as the party moves to crush internal divisions.The warning follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rebuke of errant members, demanding an immediate end to the former liberation movement’s internal squabbles.Speaking on Friday, the party’s secretary-general, Jacob Mudenda, described the absenteeism as a serious breach of…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will only adopt a mono-currency system once strict economic conditions and foreign reserves are met.Addressing the media in Harare on Friday, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mushayavanhu insisted that significant progress is being made toward meeting these requirements.“The road to mono-currency is premised on achieving certain conditions. For example,…
