THE president of the Theological College of Zimbabwe, Ray Motsi, says churches in Zimbabwe have a role to play in advocating for increased uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine after the government recently expressed worry over the low turnout of people being inoculated in some provinces. Speaking during a Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA)-organised virtual conference yesterday,…
DEVOLUTION will speed up development in some of the remote parts of the country through establishing resort towns, construction of airports, universities and tobacco auction floors as there are vast investment opportunities in these areas, provincial affairs ministers have said. Speaking during a webinar hosted by The Financial Gazette yesterday on Creating Provincial Hubs Through Economic Devolution,…
THE opposition is making a determined push for rural votes ahead of the fast approaching 2023 harmonised elections — triggering an atypical but titanic turf war with Zanu PF which has always dominated the countryside. This has seen the MDC Alliance recently deploying its heavyweights to “gettable” rural constituencies to mobilise communities — as the…
THE government has allowed schools to partner private companies in commercial enterprise through public private partnerships to ensure self-sustainability by the learning institutions. Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema recently told the National Assembly that he was already in the process of facilitating the acquisition of farms by some schools that intend to venture…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has been hit by a mass exodus of nurses, plunging its health department into distress and forcing the municipality to resort to locums to temporarily address the situation. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme, pictured, said that while they have managed to open all clinics, resignations…
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora and his deputy Thokozani Khupe have buried the hatchet and agreed to work together again following months of acrimony triggered by last December’s disputed extraordinary congress. Since the congress to choose the late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai’s successor, Khupe and her allies have been boycotting party meetings, accusing Mwonzora of rigging…
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has described the fact that his opposition rivals continue to underestimate him politically as “the best position” for him to be in. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday at the weekend, the Harare lawyer-cum-opposition boss also said time would show that his detractors were making a political mistake by maliciously…
PARLIAMENT has demanded that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) opens investigations into corruption allegations against senior managers at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara). A report tabled — by the portfolio committee on Public Accounts on Thursday — last week analysing Zinara’s 2017-2018 forensic audit, revealed that hundreds of millions of United States dollars were grossly…
ZIMBABWE has embarked on an ambitious charm offensive to spruce up the country’s image in the eyes of the international community, with Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, saying the government has at least 650 public diplomacy and visibility strategies up its sleeve. This comes as the country is reeling under the weight of economic sanctions imposed…
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) deputy commissioner-general Granisia Musango says the organisation is empowering inmates through rehabilitation programmes such as agriculture. Speaking during a recent media tour of Hurungwe Prison Farm in Mashonaland West Province where she was the guest of honour, Musango, said it was their duty to reform prisoners. “In this…
