THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, has rebuked legislators who take naps and dress inappropriately while in Parliament. This comes as lawmakers have recently been under the spotlight for coming late and dozing off in the august House while parliamentary business is under way. Mudenda said on Wednesday that sleeping and dressing inappropriately…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the current drought a national state of disaster, while also appealing for at least US$2 billion in aid to assist food insecure people. This comes after other regional countries that include Zambia and Malawi recently declared their own states of disaster and also similarly appealed to the international community for…
FUGITIVE Gweru murder suspect Peter Dube was arrested yesterday at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after he was deported from Mozambique. Dube was on the police wanted list for allegedly killing two people and injuring his second wife in 2021. The incident followed a misunderstanding after allegations of adultery. The police confirmed Dube’s arrest. “The…
THE government is set to enrol its first batch of 750 National Youth Service (NYS) students beginning next month, Information minister Jenfan Muswere has revealed. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Muswere said the NYS, which seeks to provide a platform to groom youth to uphold Zimbabwean values and identity, would resume in…
GOVERNMENT says there is no backtracking on ensuring that all local authorities comply with the government’s blueprint on improved service delivery. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year launched the local authority blueprint on service delivery as part of Vision 2030. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Local Government minister Winston Chitando…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government is working on implementing new measures to stabilise prices of basic commodities. This comes as prices of basic goods continue to rise amid the accelerating slump of the Zimbabwe dollar on the parallel market.This also comes as the Zimbabwe dollar is trading at $35 000 against US$1.Addressing a politburo…
THE State-owned Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is moving to stop leakages and curb corruption in the parastatal. Speaking at the Zinara annual general meeting (AGM) in Harare earlier this week, board chairperson George Manyaya said they had deployed strategies in the form of information communication technology targeted at plugging and optimising revenue…
PARLIAMENT will interview potential commissioners for the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC) next week. The august House’s Committee on Standing Rules and Orders said yesterday that 35 candidates had successfully applied to become commissioners and would be interviewed on April 4. ZICC will investigate all complaints against the conduct of members of the security forces…
KENYAN President William Ruto is set to officially open this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) that runs from April 23 to 27, the government has said. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said over 90 percent of the available space at the ZITF had…
THE State-owned Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it is engaging with the Local Government ministry to monitor the disbursement of funds to local authorities. Speaking at Zinara annual general meeting in Harare yesterday, chief executive officer Nkosinathi Ncube said the authority required all local authorities to be transparent as they do not want to…
