BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has extended the inspection of the voters’ roll in some areas by a further day after experiencing logistical challenges. In a statement, Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said the voters’ roll inspection, which started yesterday and was due to end on Wednesday, would be extended by…
THE Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says the country’s exports increased last month by 7.6 percent, generating over US$550 million. According to the Zimstat report on external trade statistics released at the weekend, while exports have increased, there has been a decrease in imports. “The total value of exports in April 2023 was US$554.6 million, representing…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT THE minister of Information Communication Technology Jenfan Muswere says more than 2 000 health and learning institutions now have access to Internet connectivity. Speaking during the commemoration of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day in Plumtree on Friday, Muswere said the government was committed to providing access to Internet connectivity in…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF youth league leader, Tino Machakaire, has warned his followers against name-dropping while engaging in criminal activities. Addressing a Zanu PF Harare provincial meeting in the capital on Thursday, Machakaire said the party would not hesitate to take drastic action against such youth. “Let me warn the youth…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE country is once again facing a serious shortage of blood. This has prompted the National Blood Services (NBSZ) to especially call for blood group O donors to come forward in larger numbers to save lives. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NBSZ chief executive officer, Lucy Marowa, said more people who…
AFTER stopping all advance payments to its contractors last year in order to stabilise prices of goods under the value for money exercise, minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube says the government has saved almost $500 billion. The exercise was meant to deal with contractors who were inflating prices of goods and services they rendered to…
By Brandon Josphat THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release an auditable voters roll to enable stakeholders to analyse it ahead of the fast-approaching general elections. This comes as Zec has since opened the voters roll for the public to inspect starting today until Wednesday….
By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE and Zambia yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding that seeks to expedite the drafting of a treaty that will promote equitable benefit in the lower Zambezi Mana Pools National Park. Speaking during the signing ceremony in Harare, Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said the Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) collaboration would open new…
By Brandon Josphat EXPERTS say while the country’s prices and currency crises are fixable, authorities are running out of time to arrest the rot. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, economists Gift Mugano and Eddie Cross also called for dialogue to help fix the challenges….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country’s major economic sectors have thrived without the government accessing funding from multilateral institutions. Posting on his Twitter account after a roundtable meeting on Zimbabwe’s arrears clearance and debt resolution process in Egypt, Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe was moving in the right direction to achieve its set targets. “Proud of our…
