THE ministry of Environment is set to conduct public consultations to establish the root cause of climate change in the country and possible solutions ahead of the Stockholm@50 Conference scheduled for Sweden early June. The national consultations are set to be conducted in conjunction with the United Nations environment programme according to Environment minister Mangaliso…
National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) executive director, Godfrey Mahachi says they are working on the second phase of the National Heroes Acre and other provincial shrines expansion projects. Mahachi told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that experts were already on the ground to determine the exact expansion that needs to be done….
THE government has called for an accelerated involvement of women in the social, economic and political discourse of the country in order to fulfil its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking during celebrations to mark the International Women’s Month (IWM) in Harare yesterday, Public Service Commission commissioner Tsitsi Choruma said women had brought to the fore…
HARARE provincial coordinator Tafadzwa Muguti says the government’s implementation of development programmes rests on the impending 2022 national population and housing census. The process of collecting, compiling and publishing demographic, economic and social data of the country is scheduled for April 21 to 30. This will be the first time Zimbabwe embarks on a population…
THE 2022 national census budget has been reviewed upwards from US$87 million to US$98 million following unforeseen consequences of the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic. The Treasury has since released the money to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) ahead of the fifth national census in the history of the country that is scheduled for April 21-30…
POLITICAL violence has been on the increase as the country inches towards the March 26 parliamentary and local government by-elections. So far one person has been killed in politically-related violence in Kwekwe last week when thugs stormed a Citizens Coalition for Change rally and started throwing stones at the party supporters and officials. Running battles…
ZIMBABWE has called for dialogue in the ongoing Russo-Ukraine crisis saying the United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s ongoing invasion of its neighbour only helped to exacerbate the situation. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, acting Foreign Affairs minister Amon Murwira said Zimbabwe, which abstained from the UN General Assembly vote on Wednesday,…
A HARARE man Tapera Sengweni and three others have challenged the proclamation of the forthcoming parliamentary and council by-elections by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes as the campaign for the by-elections slated for March 26 are already in full swing with various political parties canvassing for support in 28 constituencies countrywide. Most of the seats fell…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, yesterday appointed an interim board of trustees of the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) which he mandated to curb illicit plundering of heritage resources. The looting of cultural heritage refers to the unrecorded destruction of archaeological sites in order to get artefacts for sale on the illicit market….
THE High Court has ordered safari operator Score Holdings Private Limited to pay US$46 202.18 in outstanding rentals owed to the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe (ZimParks). The two parties entered into a lease agreement in 2017 for the leasing of Chete Safari Area to run tourism operations. According to the agreement cited…
