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Removed MDC MPs want polls… as both party factions mull elections boycott

Jeffrey Muvundusi and Blessings Mashaya RECALLED MDC legislators are pushing to be allowed to participate in pending by-elections despite their leaders threatening to boycott the special polls pencilled for early next year. This has created serious differences in the Nelson Chamisa-led faction, to the extent that the group has now been forced to put the…

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Government to clear passport, ID backlogs

Rumbidzai Ngwenya  THE government is convinced that it will soon clear the current passport and national identity (ID) cards backlog after paying for the raw materials to produce the important documents.  Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Home Affairs in the capital yesterday, Home Affairs ministry permanent secretary Aaron Nhepera said they had paid…

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All eyes are on Ncube budget

TOILING Zimbabweans want Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to carry through his promise to give them a happy festive season this year when he presents the national budget tomorrow. This comes after Ncube recently hinted that the budget would address the needs of the poor and lowly-income earners through tax reliefs. The secretary-general of the Zimbabwe…

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‘Zim makes strides on political, civil rights’

INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said the government has made great strides in ensuring the enjoyment of civil and political rights in the country. Speaking to journalists in the capital after a Cabinet meeting, Mutsvangwa said ministers had approved Zimbabwe’s combined second to 11th periodic report under the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights…

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Goat meat shortage hits urban areas

Melisa Chatikobo ZIMBABWE is facing a shortage of goat meat in urban areas with rural farmers now working to cover the deficit.   The country has a herd of four million goats and is targeting to grow it to six million by 2025.  Team leader of the Value Chain Alliance for Livestock Upgrading and Empowerment, Newton…

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Strong income growth drives up Steward Bank profits

STEWARD Bank, the country’s largest largest bank by depositors, has shrugged the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the effects of hyperinflation to report impressive half-year financial results to August 31. The bank, a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, posted a 263 percent surge in profit to $252 million, in historical terms, up…

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Government won’t brook political violence… ED warns as by-elections, 2023 polls beckon

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again warned that authorities will crack down mercilessly on all perpetrators of violence and chaos ahead of the country’s impending elections. Speaking in Harare yesterday at the burial of the amiable late former Cabinet minister and Zanu PF spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, at the National Heroes Acre, Mnangagwa said the…

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Civil servants press for US$ salaries

CIVIL servants yesterday insisted on both US$ bonuses and salaries when they met with government representatives during a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting in Harare. Speaking to the Daily News after the meeting, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) secretary-general, David Dzatsunga , said while the government had only come to the meeting prepared…

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US$5 million scheme for communal farmers

Melisa Chatikobo THE Agriculture ministry in partnership with private companies will next year avail US$5 million to acquire farming machinery for communal farmers under the Smallholder Mechanisation Programme. This comes as small scale farmers are facing a huge challenge in acquiring planters and other farming machinery which is expensive.    Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the…

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