RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA THE government has, through its US$75 million worth Kuvimba Mining House investment, started disbursing dividends to pensioners as compensation for the loss they incurred following the country’s 2019 monetary reforms. The reforms discarded the fixed 1:1 exchange rate peg between the US$ and the local currency and liberalised the market — a move…
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, donated agricultural inputs to commercial sex workers in Zvishavane on Thursday, in a bid to help them start income-generating projects. Zvishavane district Aids coordinator Dennis Jaravani said such initiatives by the first lady were important in reducing HIV/Aids prevalence in the country. “Once they (commercial…
A CLIMATE change expert has implored the government to consider investing more in climate change adaptation measures as the country was more…
HEALTH experts say authorities can now fully open the economy and allow face-to-face schooling, as the country is past the worst of…
ZANU PF’s primary polls for the March 26 by-elections got off to a poor start yesterday after they were hit by serious logistical problems which led to delays in voting. Such was the chaos that voting was yet to begin by mid-day in most provinces, contributing to a low voter turn-out in many areas visited…
THE chaos that has been long ravaging the opposition reached new depths yesterday after suspended MDC deputy president, Thokozani Khupe, announced a breakaway party. The announcement comes hard on the heels of her surprising suspension by opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora over “taking party issues to court”. Yesterday’s announcement by Khupe came amid continuing warnings by…
B ULAWAYO City Council (BCC) health director Edwin Sibanda has accused Zimbabwean citizens based in South Africa of largely contributing to the…
WITH factionalism continuing to be a major issue in Zanu PF, the ruling party warned yesterday that it would sack all bigwigs caught trying to influence its primaries today, which will choose candidates for the March 26 by-elections. Speaking to the Daily News, Zanu PF secretary for security, Lovemore Matuke, said the party was aware of…
Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika THE MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa, has dented its democratic credentials by avoiding primary elections to choose candidates for the March 26 by-elections to reward loyalists, analysts have said. This comes after the opposition party’s secretary for elections, Ian Makone, announced last weekend that the outfit’s recalled legislators and councillors…
Andile Tshuma BULAWAYO City Council has embarked on a door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination campaign amid fears that some of the vaccines would soon be rendered useless as they were nearing their expiry dates. The campaign, a partnership between the council’s health services department and the ministry of Health, aims to up the city’s pace towards achieving…
