AUTHORITIES have disbursed ZiG2 billion to clear the government’s Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) arrears, ensuring millions of underprivileged children remain in class. This move follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent instruction to the Treasury to release ZiG400 million monthly to clear Beam’s US$50 million debt to schools, which has been crippling learning institutions. Speaking in…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw MAJESTIC Church of God founder Ngonidzashe Masvinu was arraigned before the court on Friday on allegations of raping a congregant after prophesying that God had approved her to be his wife. Masvinu appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing rape charges and he was remanded out of custody to August…
DELTA Corporation, the country’s largest beverage manufacturing firm, has implored authorities maintain the current economic stability and find non-inflationary ways of improving liquidity. In a trade update on Friday, the company secretary, Faith Musinga, said that they were encouraged by the macroeconomic stability prevailing in Zimbabwe in the current year, particularly the stable exchange rate…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBUStaff Writer AMID the country’s worsening road carnage, authorities say they need the active support of all Zimbabweans — including drivers, commuters and pedestrians — to tame Zimbabwe’s traffic jungle. Speaking on Thursday evening on leading independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said the country…
TAPIWA CHIRUMEStaff WRITER HARARE City and Chitungwiza Town councils are stepping up efforts to strengthen their emergency disaster response, which has been brought into question following the tragic accident that claimed 17 lives along Seke Road on Tuesday. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Harare City Council’s acting town clerk, Phakamile Mabhena, said…
PARLIAMENT has made some wholesale changes in its parliamentary portfolio committees. Announcing the changes on Thursday, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda said the changes were with immediate effect. “I have to inform the House that the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) has reassigned chairpersons and made changes to committee membership,” Mudenda…
TAPIWA CHIRUMEStaff WRITER SENATOR Anna Shiri, who is also the president of National Council of Persons with disabilities (PWDs), has called for inclusive teacher’s development training in sign language and braille to enhance inclusion of students with hearing and visual impairments. Debating on the Joint Portfolio report on Universal Access to Education in the Senate…
RUTENDO NGARASenior Staff Writer DESPITE achieving a record tobacco output in the 2024/25 marketing season, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says that most farmers still rely on contract farming, which is unsustainable. More than 60 percent of tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe operate under contract. TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said there was a need…
THE Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) should be capacitated by the government to finance transformative projects, Special Advisor to the President, Joram Gumbo has said. Gumbo, who is responsible for monitoring and implementation of government programmes, said if IDCZ’s funding capacity is enhanced, it will accelerate growth in strategic manufacturing sectors as part of…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are cranking up their efforts to recover billions of US dollars in cash and property owned by Zimbabweans in foreign countries that was acquired through crooked means. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Prosecutor General, Loice Matanda-Moyo, also vowed yesterday…
