Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are ramping up their efforts to shore up the under pressure ZiG and to stabilise the prices of basic goods in the country. In this regard, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) told the Daily News yesterday that it was confident that the steps that it was taking would soon achieve…
GOVERNMENT says it is targeting to import about 430 000 metric tonnes of grain to feed the nation up to March next year. This comes as the country is grappling with the debilitating effects of the El Nino-induced drought that was declared a state of national disaster by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The grain requirements were…
FORMER Zanu PF national youth political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu says he has quit politics to concentrate on championing the fight against corruption. Tsenengamu was expelled from Zanu PF for intransigence and continued disparaging of senior party members in 2020 before forming his own political party, the Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe. Addressing the media…
THE government says it is committed to promoting multilingual education in a bid to ensure every child acquires necessary skills to compete in the global market. Speaking on the side-lines of International Literacy Day celebrations yesterday, Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube said multilingual education was a priority in the education sector. “The government of…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare City Council (HCC) is reportedly losing millions of dollars in foreign currency as its billing system has been non-functional for the past five years. This emerged yesterday when HCC finance committee chairperson Costa Mande was giving oral evidence before the five-member commission chaired by retired Justice Maphios Cheda to…
THE government says lack of funding is hampering the growth of the country’s energy sector as reliance on power importation is leading to high tariffs. Speaking at the renewable energy fund launch organised by Old Mutual in Harare at the weekend, Energy ministry permanent secretary Gloria Magombo said there was a need to increase energy…
THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the government of Zimbabwe are intensifying their cooperation to end challenges facing migrants. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday after meeting Public Service minister July Moyo, chairperson of the IOM council Katharina Stasch said their cooperation was meant to find a lasting solution to the challenges facing migrants….
THERE is no let up in the ugly ructions consuming the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), with the interim leadership of the strife-torn party now desperately trying to throw the kitchen sink at Sengezo Tshabangu. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the spokesperson of Welshman Ncube’s CCC faction, Willias Madzimure, confirmed that they were going…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim president Welshman Ncube has asserted his leadership amid ongoing turmoil within the embattled main opposition party, declaring that he is fully in charge. In an apparent response to Sengezo Tshabangu who recently revealed that his lawyers had advised him that the mandate of Ncube and his top brass at…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE country’s ivory vault is now brimming due to the global ban on the sale of elephant tusks, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks), has said. Speaking in Chizarira National Park at the weekend, ZimParks director general Fulton Mangwanya also said although the ivory vault was full, this would…
