PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the Zanu PF annual people’s conference should focus on mechanisms of re-vitalising the country`s industries in order to enhance economic development. Addressing party members during a politburo meeting preceding the conference yesterday, Mnangagwa said the party should debate and consider a broad array of interventions to propel industrial growth. “As we…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it has disbursed ZiG2,7 billion to local authorities towards road rehabilitation across the country between January and September. Zinara yesterday said it had made “significant strides in funding the maintenance of the nation’s road infrastructure through the disbursement of close to ZiG2,7 billion to various road authorities across…
ZIMRA has requested the assistance of police to deal with errant motorists and shops evading paying taxes. This comes as the revenue authority had over the years completed investigations of several cases of tax evasion and recovered millions of dollars. In a letter dated October 8 addressed to the police officer in charge for Harare…
MINISTER of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs Monica Mavhunga says the government is partnering with private health institutions in order to improve the health needs of war veterans. Responding to a question from Mashonaland West Senator Lydia Tsomondo on Thursday in the National Assembly on why it was taking a long time to process…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) is targeting to relocate 78 families affected by floods last year in Budiriro to Mabvuku-Tafara. This comes as the floods caused significant damage to their homes and infrastructure, leaving the families stranded.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said they had identified land for their relocation. ‘’We have…
PROMINENT economist, Eddie Cross, has once again urged authorities to do more to shore up the ZiG and the country’s economy. In the same vein, the former member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) monetary policy committee reiterated this week that the current efforts by the apex bank to stabilise the local currency, as…
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says plans are underway to establish a parliamentary portfolio committee that will play an oversight role on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the country. Speaking during the ongoing Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, Mudenda said the country had done well in…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared the recent Mbare Msika, Harare, inferno a state of disaster. This comes as authorities are probing the cause of a fire that erased the popular Mbare Msika last week, destroying property and goods worth millions of United States dollars. In a statement yesterday, Local government minister Daniel Garwe said authorities…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night re-assigned two ministers, appointing Amon Murwira as minister of Foreign Affairs, taking over from Fredrick Shava. Shava was appointed minister of Higher Education, a position Murwira held before the immediate re-assignment. In a statement, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya said the “re-assignments are with immediate effect”….
AT LEAST 20 000 hectares are targeted in joint irrigation farming ventures across the country in the 2024/25 summer season. Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka told the Daily News yesterday that the country needed investors in agriculture to prop up the sector. “There are going to be joint irrigation ventures on farms with dams. On 5…
