SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has implored legislators to adopt artificial intelligence and digital tools to strengthen public finance oversight and national spending accountability. Speaking during the final capacity-building work­shop on Public Finance Management, the Budget Pro­cess and Budget Analysis for Members of Parliament at the weekend, Mudenda said Parliament’s oversight role must…

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is moving to repossess 188 residential stands across three suburbs after ben­eficiaries failed to develop them. BCC town clerk Christopher Dube yesterday said the intended re­possessions target beneficiaries who had not complied with development requirements, adding that the stands would be reallocated to applicants on the city’s housing waiting list. “The…

BULAWAYO authori­ties say Constitutional Amendment Act No. 3 (CAA3), which extends the tenure of councillors, will provide the continuity needed to implement long-term infrastruc­ture and economic development projects already underway in the city. Ward 26 councillor and chairper­son of Bulawayo City Council’s Fi­nance and Development Committee, Mpumelelo Moyo, yesterday said the city had made significant…

GOVERNMENT says Zimbabweans returning from South Africa will re­ceive long-term empowerment support to help them successfully reintegrate. Speaking while welcoming a group of returnees at the United Congre­gational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) in Njube, the minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Judith Ncube, said the government was committed to ensur­ing returnees…

THE Civil Registry Department is expanding its services nationwide to eliminate the long distances that many families still have to travel to access key documents. Speaking during the ongoing National Child Pro­tection Conference here yesterday, the department’s assistant registrar-general for births and deaths, Lettisia Zinengeya, confirmed the major initiative. “We are continuously establishing sub-offices. We…