THE European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) says it is engaging minority groups in the country to determine their level of participation during the election period. This comes as the EU EOM deployed its 46 long-term observers to all the country’s provinces. Speaking over the weekend, the EU EOM deputy chief observer to Zimbabwe,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabweans must maintain the prevailing peace, adding that elections come and go and there is no need to create unnecessary divisions. Speaking at the Zion Christian Church (ZCC)‘s annual conference at Defe Dopota Shrine in Gokwe, Mnangagwa said there is no room for violence before, during and after the August…
THE government has come up with measures to increase the hectarage under small grains in the next summer cropping season, as part…
BY KETTY NYONI AUTHORITIES have warned that they will deal decisively with anyone caught trying to foment chaos and disrupt the country’s eagerly-awaited August 23 harmonised elections. Speaking last Thursday on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said authorities had learned big lessons from the…
AUTHORITIES will continue to push for the wider use of the Zimbabwe dollar, as further dollarisation will negatively affect the country and its economy, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says. In his 2024 budget strategy paper released on Friday, Ncube said the government was concerned by the escalating dollarisation of the economy. In this regard, authorities…
THE government has advised licensed broadcasters to adhere to the Electoral Act and refrain from producing content that is biased when covering elections. In a Statutory Instrument 148 of 2023 gazetted yesterday, on the code of conduct for broadcasters, minister of Information Monica Mutsvangwa said broadcasters should stick to the provisions of the Electoral Act…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says due to cash flow challenges, it has been unable to pay its service providers within the stipulated 30 days, a situation that has pushed up the amount owed to creditors from $6 billion to $19 billion in the first six months of the year. Speaking to the Daily News on…
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) fully supports all development initiatives being spearheaded by the government as it strives to uplift people’s lives,…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is confident that prices of basic goods, the Zimbabwe dollar and electricity supply will continue to stabilise — spurring the country’s economic growth. In his upbeat mid-term budget and economic review yesterday, Ncube said inflation would continue to decelerate in response to the raft of policy interventions implemented by the government…
IN STUNNING claims, a South African medical doctor says Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was regularly given risky medication while in hospital in the neighbouring country in 2019. The doctor, Willi Leo Sieling, told the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday that during that time, Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, would ask him to inject the former military…
