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GOVERNMENT is set to regularise illegal housing settlements across the country, a cabinet minister has said. Responding to a question in the Na­tional Assembly recently on the government policy regarding informal housing settlements, Lands min­ister Anxious Masuka said authorities had appointed a committee to regularise the informal settlements. “The government is concerned that there are…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s application for bail pending trial was dismissed yesterday by Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei. Ndirowei only read the operative part of the judgment before telling the court that he could not see properly because he had an eye operation and was recovering. Mzembi…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO ZIMBABWE’S health sector continues to grapple with a worsening workers retention crisis, despite stricter migration policies in key destination countries that have somewhat curbed the outflow of medical professionals, according to the Health Service Commission (HSC). Speaking at a health sector stakeholders’ engagement meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, the HSC human resources…

Thabiso Mutirwara mutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw THE US$550 million rehabilitation of 352 kilometres Harare– Chirundu Road has commenced in earnest with the project expected to be completed in 2027. In a statement yesterday, the Transport ministry said the project involved upgrading and widening of the highway to Sadc standards, improving road safety and facilitating smoother trade routes across…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE upcoming mid-term budget review will focus on further lifting the lives of the poor, improving the country’s ease of doing business and boosting the local economy. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Finance minister Mthuli Ncube confirmed at the weekend that he would…

THE local film sector has the potential to become much bigger and to handsomely benefit all key stakeholders in the country. So says American film producer and envoy for the American Film Showcase, Alix Madigan, who adds that this bigger future can become a reality if authorities introduce tax incentives for the industry and also…

AT LEAST 780 drug offenders have been convicted and sentenced for drug-related offences since the government launched its national committee on drug and substance abuse in June last year. The committee, chaired by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and deputised by Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, is spearheading the fight against the growing drug crisis.  “The…

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is deeply concerned by widespread tax evasion and resistance to compliance from both formal and informal businesses, severely eroding the national tax base. Zimra Commissioner-General Regina Chinamasa told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Finance last Friday that the revenue collector is seeking stronger legal backing and enhanced enforcement mechanisms to…

INCESSANT power cuts and delayed payments from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) continue to burden farmers across the country, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands and Agriculture has revealed. In its latest report on the operations of the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda), the committee said there was a need for the government to…