ZIMBABWE’S improving economy is set to get more wings, which is good news for ordinary citizens, after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) yesterday to member countries. Economists say the timely bonanza — which will see Zimbabwe receiving about US$1 billion — will further stabilise the country’s economy, which will…
AS SCHOOLS and institutions of higher learning prepare to re-open, the government has come up with enhanced and strict operating procedures aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes amid expectations that authorities will soon announce a relaxation of the Level 4 national lockdown regulations as Covid-19-related infections and deaths continue to…
THE government has extended indefinitely the scheme that allows civil servants to import vehicles duty free, to cushion them from the country’s prevailing difficult economic environment. This comes as government employees have been demanding a minimum pay package of US$500 — prompting authorities to allow civil servants to import cars worth up to US$10 000…
FORMER Education minister David Coltart says the government should have prioritised the vaccination of the entire teaching staff against the Covid-19 virus as opposed to continuously extending lockdowns as the education sector has significantly suffered. Coltart said while the virus had caused a huge global strain, the government had failed to come up with sustainable…
THE Senate thematic committee on Sustainable Development Goals says poverty and peer pressure is pushing school-going girls into early marriages, amid rising cases in teenage pregnancies. This comes as the Women Affairs ministry recently said at least 4 959 girls fell pregnant last year, while 1 174 cases of child marriages were recorded between January…
ZIMBABWE is increasing its strategic grain reserve from 500 000 tonnes to 1.5 million tonnes, so it is working on ensuring that the…
THE ugly divisions that are ravaging the MDC Alliance’s youth assembly are exacerbating the coalition’s deeply-set infighting, with the pact’s bigwigs and their cheerleaders now brawling openly on social media. This comes as it emerged yesterday that ongoing factional discussions on a report spotlighting the violence which rocked the alliance’s youth assembly in May this…
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development has called on the government to come to the rescue of former employees of liquidated mining firms through providing them with free housing and running water. The committee’s chairperson Edmund Mkaratigwa told Parliament last week that the government should intervene as the lower-level employees were the…
TWO Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have dragged police commissioner general Godwin Matanga to the High Court challenging his decision to transfer them to other stations. In the application filed last week, detective inspector Rwafa Baramasimbe and a police constable Tasangana Chakanyuka cited the chief staff officer, Matanga and the director of the Criminal Investigations…
LEGISLATORS have called on the government to empower members of the “coloured” community, who have been facing segregation as a result of their classification on national registration certificates. This comes after the committee on Defence received a petition from the “coloured” community complaining that the “00” code on their national identity (ID) cards was to…
