THE 19th edition of the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama) is on tonight at the Harare International Conference Centre with a lot of expectations from artists and the public. Nama organisers have promised an experience that will stick in the minds of many and it remains to be seen how they will fare. Today’s event will…
ZIMBABWE is facing the threat of the lethal coronavirus anew, after a woman who was earlier detained in a Harare hospital — but was later released after testing negative to the virus — was re-admitted yesterday after her health deteriorated, the Daily News reports. This comes as the deadly virus — which has killed nearly…
POOR Zimbabweans may soon feel the pinch of the country’s economic woes even more, after business warned yesterday that it could soon be forced to start charging all goods and services in United States dollars, the Daily News reports. The threat by big business, which underlines the growing lack of market confidence in the Zim…
MEMBER states at the just ended African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (AFRSD) adopted the Forum’s declaration, dubbed the Victoria Falls Declaration, which places major focus on accelerating action to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2020 while pushing Africa’s agenda 2063. During the closing ceremony of the Forum which ran from February 24…
FIVE people were this week killed across the country over petty disputes, the Daily News can report. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi warned the public against taking matters into their hands, which results in unnecessary deaths. “In Silobela, on February 25, 2020, two men who were drinking beer at a bar…
ZBC yesterday told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services that it will soon enact a policy that prohibits its staffers from contesting in future political elections. This comes after the State broadcaster came under fire after some of its employees contested in the 2018 harmonised elections on Zanu PF ticket and…
THERE is no respite in sight for long-suffering Zimbabweans, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining other important bodies this week in warning that the country is headed for a mega economic and humanitarian crisis, the Daily News reports. Rather damningly, the IMF — one of the few key international organisations that have not been…
CIVIL servants have not only rejected the government’s plans to introduce a welfare fund — that will see them contributing 2,5 percent of their salary to this pot every month — they have also slammed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, for the idea, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government announced on Wednesday…
A SEVEN-member delegation of executive directors from the African Development Bank (AfDB) has met President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appreciate progress in ongoing political and economic reforms, according to a statement released on Wednesday. AfDB said its officials also met ministry representatives, civil society, private sector and multilateral financial institutions who briefed them “on the current…
THE setting up of shops with subsidised groceries for uniformed forces in their camps by the government are part of efforts to pacify them, analysts have said. This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s recent announcement that uniformed forces will be issued with a card with a credit limit which will allow them to access…
