PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again read the riot act to Zanu PF’s district co-ordinating committees (DCCs), saying they must desist from fomenting divisions and advancing personal agendas in the ruling party. Addressing Zanu PF’s central committee yesterday, Mnangagwa said the respect of the former liberation movement’s constitution, as well as loyalty, discipline and servant leadership should…
THE government is enforcing security measures in schools to make sure Covid-19 protocols are observed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the viral disease in all learning institutions, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. Speaking in Senate last week, Mutsvangwa said despite challenges, the government was working hard to facilitate Covid-19 tests in…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says there is no need to increase the weekly $2 000 bank withdrawal limit for individuals as a move to combat the black market. This comes as the Treasury chief and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last year introduced a number of measures, including limiting the amount people could transact on…
IN the recent past, several former senior members of the MDC have been defecting to Zanu PF. The ruling party is ecstatic and believes more MDC officials will join its ranks as it plots a total annihilation of the opposition in the 2023 harmonised polls. The Daily News on Sunday Chief Writer Mugove Tafirenyika hooked up…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa blew his gasket during a Zanu PF politburo meeting yesterday, warning his errant lieutenants that gossiping, rumour-mongering and petty jealousies would not be tolerated in the party. The bristling 78-year-old Zanu PF leader also implored his brawling colleagues to respect the former liberation movement’s constitution and work to promote party unity. This…
THE month-on-month inflation rate in March has slowed to 2,26 percent, shedding 1,19 percentage points on the February rate of 3,45 percent, official statistics show. The year-on-year inflation rate for this month as measured by the all items Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 240,55 percent. This means that prices as measured by the all…
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni says the government is concerned by the increasing cases of gender-based violence (GBV) across the country and has since moved to ensure perpetrators do not escape the long arm of the law. This comes as a number of organisations have claimed a surge in the number of domestic violence cases…
STANBIC Bank has posted an inflation-adjusted profit after tax of $1,1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2020, recovering from a $44 million loss in the prior year. The Standard Bank subsidiary posted a $3,1 billion profit for the year under review in historical cost terms, exceeding comparative period performance of $477 million. In…
PREMIER Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has challenged the health sector to come up with innovative ways to address health service delivery bottlenecks triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The call comes ahead of a webinar on the challenges gripping the country’s health sector to be co-hosted by the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ)’s Conferencing Unit…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has bemoaned the rampant corruption being experienced at Zimbabwe’s ports of entry, which he says is prejudicing the country of billions of dollars. The Treasury chief said yesterday that the smuggling of goods in and out of the country was a cancerous vice that was derailing Zimbabwe’s economic development. In a…
