AUTHORITIES say they will persist with their current policies which have steadied the economy and resulted in relatively stable prices of many basic consumer goods. Presenting his mid-term monetary policy statement (MPS) yesterday, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe John Mangudya, pictured, also expressed confidence that the economy would continue on its recovery…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to shun divisions and work together to improve the country’s socio-economic fortunes regardless of who wins elections to govern the nation. Speaking at State House yesterday, at the launch of his biography — A life of Sacrifice — Mnangagwa beseeched citizens to “craft beautiful lessons of reconciliation, national unity, national peace,…

THE government is laying the groundwork to eventually establish provincial councils nationwide as provided for in the Constitution, Local Government minister July Moyo, 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 to be dealt with…

THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, warned yesterday that authorities would deal decisively with the few big businesses and informal traders that are rejecting the Z$10 note despite it being legal tender. The miffed Mangudya told the Daily News that it was illegal for anyone to reject money as long as it…

THE government has resolved to review the payment model for Covid-19 vaccinators’ allowances by making them performance-based as a way to accelerate the ongoing national inoculation programme.  This comes as the country has so far vaccinated 1 674 710 people against a national target of 10 million by the end of the year as the…

THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform is working on a draft bill that seeks to change the country’s electoral laws ahead of the 2023 polls, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has said.  This comes amid concerns by opposition political parties and other electoral stakeholders that the country’s electoral laws do not provide for…

HEALTH experts have warned the country to brace for a fourth wave of the lethal coronavirus, despite the number of infections in the country seemingly stabilising in the last few days. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the experts also urged citizens to continue heeding calls to get vaccinated — warning that as long as the country…

OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, is considering President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s invitation to him to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform, in a move which could spur national talks aimed at resolving Zimbabwe’s decades-long challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mwonzora said he would be convening an MDC national council meeting to deliberate on the invitation…

THE  government says Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has not contracted Covid-19 and is in China for his routine medical check-ups. This comes amid reports that hundreds of guests were removed from a luxury hotel in Beijing after a member of  Chiwenga’s entourage was found to have been infected by the lethal coronavirus. Presidential spokesperson, George Charamba, yesterday…

THE government has so far spent $97 billion from the 2021 national budget which has gone towards the provision of social security…