EXPERTS are calling for both calm and vigilance as the country faces a fourth coronavirus wave, following the recent discovery of a new variant in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana. In addition, authorities are also urging Zimbabweans who have not yet been vaccinated to do so without any further delay, amid early indications that the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube made a valiant effort to cushion poor and middle class citizens from the vagaries of the current tough economic environment when he tabled his $927 billion 2022 National Budget in Parliament yesterday. Among other things, Ncube increased bonus tax-free thresholds — while also introducing tax cuts for struggling workers and effecting…
AS the preparations for next year’s by-elections gather pace, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has struck off over 22 000 individuals from the voters’ roll after satisfying itself that they had all died. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently confirmed that at least 113 National Assembly and local government by-elections would be held during…
CIVIL servants yesterday insisted on both US$ bonuses and salaries when they met with government representatives during a National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting in Harare. Speaking to the Daily News after the meeting, Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) secretary-general, David Dzatsunga , said while the government had only come to the meeting prepared…
AS ZIMBABWE hurtles towards the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, there are growing concerns over the rising reports of intra-and inter-party violence countrywide. As a result, both analysts and representatives of political parties who spoke to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday emphasised the importance for all stakeholders to continue preaching the message of peace and…
WITH factionalism and wild conspiracy theories continuing to create havoc in the ruling Zanu PF, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, has accused unnamed people of trying to put a wedge between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa by falsely claiming that he harbours ambitions to replace his boss. Speaking in Beitbridge on Wednesday, the powerful former…
MOTORISTS will start to access fuel in Zimbabwe dollars by the end of this month after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently approved a US$15,75 million facility for use by petroleum companies. According to a recent correspondence by the acting Energy minister Janfan Muswere to oil marketing companies seen by the Daily News, the local currency fuel will “primarily…
THE government is set to operationalise provincial councils nationwide early next year as authorities move to fulfil the provisions of the country’s Constitution, a top government official has said. The provincial councils were elected in the 2013 and 2018 polls but the officials were not sworn in ostensibly because there were legal issues that needed…
THE new Parliament building in Mt Hampden is nearing completion and is expected to be operational in the second half of next year, the leader of government business in the august House and also Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. He told lawmakers on Wednesday that the contractor was now putting final touches on the…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has re-affirmed Zimbabwe’s positive economic trajectory of the past two years. In a dispatch after its staff completed a virtual, month-long Zimbabwe assessment programme which ended on Tuesday, the IMF head of that mission, Dhaneshwar Ghura, noted that the economic measures being implemented by authorities were bearing fruit. This was…
