BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA THE country’s entrepreneurs are at the heart of development that is being experienced in the country and should, therefore, be encouraged to do more, deputy Finance minister, Kudakwashe Mnangagwa says. Speaking during an Innovation Value Creation Challenge held by Old Mutual in Harare last Friday where a number of entrepreneurs were awarded…
ZIMBABWE’s foreign currency receipts increased by 13,4 percent in the first eight months of 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, latest data reveals. According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), the increase is expected to bolster economic activity and ensure timely foreign payment settlements. “The increase in foreign currency receipts will ensure…
By Rutendo Ngara AS the diversity of the medical field continues to increase, a greater percentage of women are entering the sector. This was not quite the same during the pre-colonial period, particularly for the African woman in general and the Rhodesian one in particular. Gender difference is intimately stitched into the fabric of humanness….
By Brandon Josphat and Blessings Mashaya THE embattled interim leadership of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is reaching out to Sengezo Tshabangu, who says that he is the only remaining legitimate official of the party. CCC spokesperson Willias Madzimure confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that although Tshabangu had no right to claim to…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has warned its employees against engaging in corrupt activities, adding that various strategies have been put in place by the authorities to deal with offenders. Zimra commissioner general, Regina Chinamasa told the Daily News on the sidelines of a stakeholders’ engagement meeting in Bulawayo that corrupt employees were a threat…
AT LEAST 10 more people have succumbed to diarrhoea nationwide over the past week, the Health ministry has confirmed. This brings the country’s cumulative number of deaths from the highly communicable disease to 127 since January this year. “Two deaths were reported from Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, one from Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare,…
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba commissioned two new magistrates’ courts in Triangle and Chiredzi yesterday as part of the government’s efforts to decentralise the justice system. This comes as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is constructing additional courts across the country to avoid the unnecessary postponement of trials. “The commissioning of the Triangle Magistrates’ Court and…
By Stella Madzivanyika COMPREHENSIVE skills development strategies are critical to bring about a turnaround of the country’s economic fortunes, Presidential Affairs minister Lovemore Matuke has said. Matuke made the remarks during a national validation workshop organised by the Skills Audit and Development ministry in Harare recently. “As human capital developers, your gathering here must come…
MOST government departments will minimise the use of paperwork by digitalising their operations, ICT minister Tatenda Mavetera has said. She was speaking at the signing of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) integrity pledge for senior officials in her ministry, where she said the digitalising move was part of the national ICT policy. “Integrity should be…
By Brandon Josphat THE ruling Zanu PF has called for a crackdown against social media troublemakers who are allegedly continuing to try to create a rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for security in the party’s politburo, Lovemore Matuke, said all this…
