THE African Development Bank (ADB) has implored authorities to prioritise the revitalisation of the country’s railway network in order to spur economic development beyond the Sadc region. This comes as the country is hosting the Sadc Industrialisation week. Speaking during a Sadc Investment Conference in Harare on Monday, ADB country manager, Moono Mupotola said railway…
THE government has commenced the preliminary work on the reconstruction of the Bulawayo-Victoria highway to promote ease of doing business, Transport minister Felix Mhona has said. This comes as government contractors are expediting the construction of major infrastructure, among the roads, ahead of next month’s Sadc Summit in Harare. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday,…
THE government has partnered with stakeholders in training more health practitioners to curb brain drain, a senior official has said. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Entumbane-Njube legislator Prince Dube asked the deputy minister of Health Sleiman Kwidini about the government’s policy to curb brain drain in the health sector. ‘’Would the minister highlight…
THE government’s drive to ensure energy self-sufficiency for the country is on course with solar power firm, Centragrid Limited, set to feed 23 Megawatts (MW) into the national grid by August 1. This comes as the country is currently experiencing brutal power cuts which authorities have attributed to low water levels at Kariba Hydro Power…
DARK Fibre Africa (DFA) Zimbabwe has connected over 1 500 people through wireless solutions to areas where it is not feasible to provide fibre services. DFA Zimbabwe is a licensed unified telecommunication services provider focusing on building, installing, managing, and maintaining a world-class fibre network infrastructure to transmit data across Zimbabwe. Speaking during an enterprise…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has injected US$50 million into the interbank foreign exchange market in order to consolidate Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) stability. The apex bank governor, John Mushayavanhu, yesterday said since the introduction of ZiG on April 5, the RBZ had been participating in the interbank foreign exchange market to supplement liquidity under…
THE government says there are critical gaps in infrastructure provision in the health sector as only three out of eight provincial hospitals across the country have working Intensive Care Units (ICU). This was revealed by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Health Aspect Maunganidze in the latest resource mapping report where the National Surgical…
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged industrialists to take advantage of the upcoming Sadc Summit to cement the economic gains the country has achieved in the last few years This comes as the country is expected to host more than 150 companies from across southern Africa during the Sadc Industrialisation week scheduled to run from July…
FORMER deputy prime minister and opposition legislator, Thokozani Khupe, says the government should speed up the establishment of a cancer levy. A cancer survivor and prominent campaigner, Khupe told Parliament last week that this was critical as the treatment costs for the disease were well beyond the reach of many in the country. “There is…
THE government has gazetted the Medical Services Amendment Bill, which — among other things — proposes criminalising parents or guardians who stop minors from receiving medical attention. In addition, the bill also seeks to compel private health institutions to admit patients suffering from life-threatening conditions for at least 48 hours before transferring them to government…
