Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw WITH the prices of basic consumer goods in the country beginning to hold steady — on the back of the stabilising Zimbabwe dollar — Finance minister Muthli Ncube has reiterated that the nation will stick with the local currency as its main trading unit, the Daily News reports. However,…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has described the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) as a monumental failure and a disappointment which has left workers reeling from poor remuneration, the Daily News reports. This comes as the labour movement has mobilised its members to embark on lunch-hour protests every…
BLESSINGS MASHAYA SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw LEGISLATORS are pushing for the government to allow genetically modified foods (GMOs) and crops imports saying despite the ban, people are getting them from neighbouring countries. MDC MP for Hwange Central Daniel Molokele, pictured, told Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi this week that there was a need to review…
Brighton Goko STAFF WRITER gokob@dailynews.co.zw INFORMATION Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere says the government has embarked on several projects to heighten the country’s digitisation. Speaking during the launch of a vehicle tracking and fleet management system for government vehicles in Harare yesterday, Muswere said there was no going back on digitisation. “We have been given…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE continued push by Pretoria to help Zimbabwe overcome its decades-long political and economic crises has created an air of optimism among opposition parties, civil society groups and the Church, the Daily News reports. In addition, the welcome decision by Zanu PF this week — to allow South Africa’s…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has expressed concern over the recurrent demolition of houses in Harare, calling on local authorities to curtail the issue of land barons preying on vulnerable home seekers. This comes as more than 20 houses that were illegally built in a cantonment area in…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, has said the government will mobilise locally and abroad funds to pay former commercial white farmers whose land was seized during the land reform programme, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government recently signed a US$3, 5 billion Global Compensation Agreement with the white…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday said people are falsifying declarations at the Beitbridge Border Post resulting in serious congestion as authorities are resorting to physical searches. In a statement last night, Zimra said they had introduced pre-clearance and pre-payment facilities at the border for fast clearance of consolidated trucks (omalayithsa) to facilitate importation of…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MOST urban councils in the country are facing critical water shortages due to drought, burst pipes, power cuts and shortage of chemicals, Lands, Agriculture and Water, Climate and Rural Settlement minister Anxious Masuka, pictured, has said. In a ministerial statement presented in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Masuka said…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE construction of the Egodini rank mall has ground to a screeching halt as a result of the re-introduction of the Zimbabwe dollar as the sole legal tender by the government in June 2019. Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni said contractors of the multi-million dollar project were playing hard ball because…
