AUTHORITIES have been urged to continue placing emphasis on sustainable local funding for sexual reproduction health and HIV/ Aids programmes in the country. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, UN Resident and Humanitarian coordinator, Edward Kallon, said it was crucial to do this as external resources were dwindling. “We are at a pivotal point whereby external…
AUTHORITIES met organised business in Harare yesterday, amid escalating collaborative efforts to stabilise the ZiG and to get on top of the country’s recent prices crisis. Among the prominent figures who attended the crucial meeting were Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) John Mushayavanhu, Oil Expressers Association of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured increasingly anxious Zimbabweans that the government remains committed to improving their lives through the application of sound economic policies. Delivering his State of the Nation address (SONA) in Parliament yesterday, Mnangagwa added that authorities would step up their efforts to shore up the under pressure ZiG and to stabilise the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged legislators to put all hands on the deck and speed up the passing of various Bills before it and incoming ones. Speaking during the official opening of the second session of the 10th Parliament, Mnangagwa said MPs had “an obligation to expedite the enactment of all Bills that, for one…
AN Indian company, the Samp Group, has partnered with Zimbabwe Smart Villages (ZimSmart Villages) to set-up 150 telehealth booths across the country to bring life-saving healthcare services to Zimbabweans in remote communities. The concept is a telehealth and remote monitoring service that would ease the public’s access to healthcare across the country. Addressing the media…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has suspended town clerk Hosiah Chisango on a slew of allegations, including corruptly awarding a street lights tender to a blacklisted company and extending his employment contract without approval. In a letter dated September 30 2024, the local authority barred Chisango from its premises and purporting to act on its behalf…
PLANS are at an advanced stage by authorities for the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway under a public-private partnership (PPP) deal to promote business and tourism in the country. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday while addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare. The PPP deal would be between the government…
THERE are growing calls for an urgent all-inclusive stakeholders’ meeting to help stabilise the ZiG and soaring prices of basic goods in the country. Representatives of labour and consumers were among those who told the Daily News yesterday that the country’s deepening economic challenges demanded that all key stakeholders worked together with urgency to stop…
THE push by authorities for all political parties in the country to be registered is gathering momentum ahead of the 2028 polls. This comes after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) hosted a crucial multistakeholder conference in Nyanga this past weekend to review last year’s harmonised elections. The gathering subsequently adopted several recommendations to improve future…
THE Tshiamiso Trust, established to provide compensation to former mineworkers suffering permanent lung impairment from silicosis or work-related tuberculosis (TB), is seeking qualified service providers in Zimbabwe to assist claimants in the country. Following discussions with the government, the Tshiamiso Trust is poised to begin processing compensation claims for the former Wenela mine workers who…
