BUY Zimbabwe, in collaboration with Select Research, will today award best performing brands in the country as a way of promoting local products. This comes as Buy Zimbabwe recently undertook research on the market for consumer preferences on different products and brands that include agricultural produce, foodstuffs, beverages, cooking oil, and clothing. In a statement…
PARLIAMENT’S portfolio committee on public accounts (PAC) says it is “satisfied” with Finance secretary George Guvamatanga’s explanations on a number of issues raised by the Auditor General (AG) and others affecting his office. This comes amid unsubstantiated claims that the ex-banker had been playing truant and dodging the key committee until last Friday, but he…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the Tuesday Sebakwe road traffic accident a national disaster with the government providing assistance to the bereaved families. This comes as 12 people were killed in the road traffic accident along the Harare-Bulawayo road near Kwekwe. A petrol tanker collided with a two-tonne truck and a Nissan AD van, resulting…
AUTHORITIES say they have come up with a raft of measures to improve the education sector by equipping more than 10 000 teachers with digital skills. Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare on Tuesday, the minister of Information, Jenfan Muswere, said the government had partnered with Digital Schools and Global Skilling Academies of the United…
THE stage is set for the June 14 parliamentary by-elections for Gutu East and Insiza North constituencies with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) having since printed 53 550 ballot papers. The by-elections were occasioned by the expulsion of Gutu East MP Benjamin Ganyiwa from Zanu PF party and the death of Insiza North legislator Farai…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw CHINESE companies have invested US$100 million in youth empowerment and poverty reduction to improve rural communities in the country. Speaking in Harare during the Africa Youth Congress over the weekend, said the initiatives were meant to equip young Zimbabweans in marginalised rural communities with critical skills training. “Our programmes focus on equipping young Zimbabweans,…
THE permanent secretary in the Finance ministry, George Guvamatanga, yesterday told Parliament that the government would “name and shame” all defaulting suppliers of goods and services engaged by the State. He was appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Accounts Committee (Pac), chaired by Chalton Hwende, where Guvamatanga said he would also hand over…
SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, has invited the academia and industry stakeholders to advance artificial intelligence (AI) programmes for Parliament. Speaking in Harare at a symposium on harnessing artificial intelligence for the parliamentary processes, Mudenda said Parliament should be at the forefront of transformation and innovation to accelerate institutional modernisation. “The Parliament of…
STAFF WRITER muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AT LEAST 3 320 pregnant girls dropped out of both secondary and primary schools in 2024 across the country, according to the deputy minister of Education, Angeline Gata. This marks a decline from 4 557 girls who left school due to pregnancy in 2023. Gata told the National Assembly on Wednesday that…
LEGISLATORS have now formally tabled a motion in the Senate pressing for the urgent mitigation of the country’s worsening public health crisis. This comes as lawmakers are also pushing for the health emergency to be declared a national disaster, to spur the mobilisation of resources to ease the untenable situation. Debating a motion on the…
