By Ketty Nyoni ONLY a referendum can settle the question of whether Zimbabweans want this year’s crunch elections to go ahead or not, outspoken legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa, has reiterated. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Mliswa also said the country’s Constitution allowed authorities to…

By Ketty Nyoni NEW National Social Security Authority (Nssa) board chairperson Emmanuel Fundira says his immediate task on the job is to improve the battered image of Nssa which is in the “intensive care unit”. He was addressing the media in Harare yesterday as the new chairperson following the resignation of Percy Toriro last month….

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reversed a general notice that purported to place the procurement of certain goods outside public scrutiny on the basis that they were of “national interest”. In a notice dated 5 May 2023, government indicated that in terms of section 3(6) of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act [Chapter…

By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES are pushing for the introduction of a Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill that will seek to bring all regulations addressing aquaculture production together. Various stakeholders from the government, Food and Agriculture Organisation and legal experts met in Harare yesterday to brainstorm on the proposed Bill. “The current regulatory framework is impeding growth…

By Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES say gold side marketing remains rampant and the government, working with law enforcement agents, is putting in place measures to plug the leakages. This was confirmed by minister of Mines Winston Chitando yesterday in his address on the gold sector outlook at the on-going gold mobilisation deployment workshop currently underway in…