By Yvonne Ncube THE government says all travellers coming into the country should go under screening as the threat of Covid-19 virus is still looming large ahead of the festive season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday on the sidelines of a Covid-19 taskforce meeting, Local Government minister July Moyo said measures would be taken…
By Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE government has embarked on initiatives to ensure full participation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in all stages of the country’s economic development. Speaking at an event to commemorate PWDs in Bulawayo on Thursday, deputy minister of Industry Raj Modi said innovation for disability inclusion would help close the inequality gap….
THE country’s opposition has a fair chance of winning next year’s crunch elections as long as it puts its house in order, former Cabinet minister and MDC stalwart Elton Mangoma has said. Speaking last night on independent national television channel 3Ktv’s popular current affairs programme, Vantage, Mangoma said it was premature to write off the…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has warned that it might take a little longer to release the results of this year’s Ordinary Level finals due to rampant cheating. Appearing before Parliament yesterday, Zimsec also revealed that it had caught 580 candidates cheating, while warning that it was anticipating unearthing more cases…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the upmarket Madokero Mall in Tynwald, Harare, which was funded by the Public Service Pension Fund to the tune of US$7,4 million. Also officially opened by Mnangagwa was the Sanganayi housing gated complex and an industrial warehouse hub. “The Madokero Mall is an important development to…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITER FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says the $74.7 billion availed for 2023 national elections by Treasury in the 2023 national budget is adequate for Zimbabwe to conduct the polls. He was speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, debating on the 2023 national budget. “We have made a provision of $74.7 billion for elections…
Regis ChingawoSENIOR STAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on all citizens to play a part in ensuring that peace reigns supreme in the country to ensure national development. Addressing mourners at the burial of national heroine Betty Flora Mtero at the National Heroes’ Acre in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said his government was open to…
THE government has expressed concern over reluctance by youths to participate in economic programmes saying this was working against its drive towards an upper middle class economy. Speaking during an anti-drug abuse campaign in Zvishavane on Tuesday, Youth ministry district officer Emmanuel Marabuka said the government had created an environment for them to be innovative….
AUTHORITIES say they have completed instituting all the important legislative reforms to ensure free, fair and credible national polls next year, in line with Sadc principles and guidelines on democratic elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi asserted that the electoral reforms that the government had embarked on were in some…
THE Tobacco Research Board (TRB) is set to introduce new tobacco varieties next year with potential to improve yields Currently, Zimbabwean farmers are growing three varieties which include Virginia flue-cured, burley and oriental varieties. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TRB chief executive officer Frank Magama said the new varieties which include T78, T79,T80 and…
