GOVERNMENT has set aside US$13 million for cash handouts to vulnerable people in urban areas to cushion them against the effects of this year’s El Nino-induced drought. This was confirmed by the Public Service minister July Moyo during a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare yesterday. “We have been slow in registering the people who deserve…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw MINISTER of Industry Mangaliso Ndhlovu yesterday challenged the private sector to lead in economic development of the country through joining the government in joint projects. He was speaking in Mutare at a strategic planning workshop for the ministry of Industry where he promised that the government was prioritising organised commerce operations in the country…
EXPERTS from various economic sectors are set to meet this month end in Harare to discuss how digital solutions and innovations can spur the country’s economic development. Dubbed Smart Zimbabwe Conference and Expo, the event, which will run at the Harare Showgrounds from October 30 to November 1, would feature, among others, Zimbabwe Building Contractors…
AUTHORITIES are introducing new policies to regulate private schools and colleges, in a bid to end malpractices at some of the institutions. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education, Mike Mhike said the government was committed to safeguarding the integrity of the country’s education system and examinations. This…
FIVE armed robbers Micheal Nhira, Alexio Chinzara, Jealous Nyakunu, Victor Mubaiwa Kambuzuma and Maxwell Stanely, alias Dennis Mateta, were last week jailed to an effective six years each at the Harare Magistrates Court. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on June 21 2021, the convicts pounced on the complainants at their residence in Rydale…
A HARARE man, Ngonidzashe Levy Manjengwa, was last week brought before the Harare Magistrates Court facing two counts of fraud involving nearly US$21 000. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), allegations are that on August 27 2024, Manjengwa approached the complainant’s general manager and introduced himself as the director of Elevation Solar Solutions. “He…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has injected US$32 million into the interbank foreign exchange market in order to consolidate Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) stability. Central bank governor John Mushayavanhu yesterday said the RBZ had so far this month pumped US$50 million into the foreign currency willing-buyer-willing-seller market. “During the past three weeks of October 2024,…
THE Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) says it is roping in State security agencies to go after errant businesses refusing to use point of sale (POS) machines. Among those targeted are fuel service stations who are operating without point of sale machines. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, CPC chairperson Mthokozisi Nkosi said there…
THE Master of the High Court has opened the late minister of Higher Education Isack Stanslus Gorerazvo Mudenge estate for inspection for a period of 21 days. Mudenge collapsed and died in his hotel room at Great Zimbabwe in Masvingo on October 4 2012. In an estate notice by the Master of the High Court…
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says African Parliaments should guard against economic imperialism by critiquing international treaties and agreements for the benefit of the continent. Speaking during the Africa colloquium of legal counsels to Parliament in Victoria Falls recently, Mudenda said the counsels needed to assist parliaments in scrutinising international agreements before they…
