By Almot Maqolo in VICTORIA FALLS LABOUR, business and the government are escalating their efforts to promote occupational safety and health at workplaces. Speaking here yesterday, at the ongoing conference on Safety and Health at Work (SHAW), the president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) Florence Taruvinga said it was crucial to prevent…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they will construct new water plants and pipelines in local authorities facing water challenges due to antiquated infrastructure. This comes as most urban councils are battling to supply clean water to their ratepayers resulting in an increase in cholera and other waterborne diseases. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday,…
THE government has increased the monthly allowances for mayors and council chairpersons to US$90 while their deputies will get US$82,50, committee chairpersons will now earn US$78 and councillors US$75. The new allowancewls were gazetted by Local Government minister Daniel Garwe on September 26. “Town clerks/secretaries and chief executive officers are to ensure that the allowances…
FOLLOWING the discovery of oil and gas in the country, the Zimbabwe School of Mines in Bulawayo has taken advantage of the latest sightings to offer new training programmes on these fossil fuels. This was confirmed by Mines minister Winston Chitando at the Mine Entra expo that ended yesterday at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEAN and Zambian senior government officials will hold a crucial meeting in Lusaka today, in a bid to find lasting solutions to the two countries’ perennial power crisis. The minister of Energy and Power Development, Edgar Moyo, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that he would lead a high-powered delegation to the…
Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat THE country will continue using a multicurrency system, as a return to the sole use of the US dollar would have serious long term consequences for the economy. So says the deputy minister of Finance, Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa, who warned this week that a reversion to full dollarisation would destroy…
By Rutendo Ngara A HARARE woman yesterday appeared before the court facing two fraud charges after she allegedly forged affidavits using his father’s name and sold his two properties in Chitungwiza and Ruwa valued at US$75 000. Sharon Rufaro Mukuya, 36, is jointly charged with Lloyd Jienje, 34, a commissioner of oaths. The two appeared…
By Masimba Makwembere THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says it is targeting a record yield of 300 million kilogrammes of tobacco in the 2024/25 farming season compared to 231 million sold on the market this season. TIMB acting chief executive Emmanuel Matsvaire yesterday said the expected target aligned with the government’s goal to…
By Almot Maqolo VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday said a healthy and productive workforce is critical in building the country’s economy while also urging employers to ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of their employees. He made the call at the ongoing 61st Safety and Health at Work (SHAW) conference in Victoria Falls hosted by the…
LEGISLATORS want authorities to throw the kitchen sink at all those who stand accused of fuelling the foreign currency parallel market, to help stabilise the prices of basic goods in the country. Debating President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation address (Sona) in Parliament on Tuesday, many MPs implored the government to take a firmer…
