FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said authorities would continue with their aggressive vaccination programme to maintain the current economic stability in the country as well as saving lives of ordinary people. Presenting his Mid-term Budget and Economic Review to parliament yesterday, Ncube also said prices of basic consumer goods would remain stable on the back…
EDUCATION minister Cain Mathema, pictured, has implored schools to invest in commercial projects so as to contribute towards the country’s drive to become an upper-middle income economy by 2030. Mathema said this yesterday during his tour of Tennyson Hlabangana High School in Bulawayo where he was monitoring income generating projects in the city. “Given the number…
I NFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere, pictured, says the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, which will see penalties being…
UNITED Kingdom (UK) ambassador Melanie Robinson says Zimbabwe is making commendable progress towards tackling barriers to girls’ education so that no child is left behind. In a statement yesterday, Robinson said quality education and equal opportunities is a key enabler for the society to realise their potential and fulfill ambitions. “Since 2017, the UK has…
FORMER vice president Kembo Mohadi says contrary to speculation, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has no designs on staying in power beyond the end of his second term in office in 2028 as dictated by the country’s Constitution. Addressing Zanu PF structures in Manicaland earlier this week, during his ongoing provincial tours, Mohadi quashed talk that the…
THE third coronavirus wave is threatening to get out of control with 107 people succumbing to the deadly respiratory disease on Tuesday alone, amid soaring cases of stricken people including those in the rural areas. Tuesday’s death toll was the highest daily record since Covid-19 was first reported in Zimbabwe in March last year. Yesterday,…
ZANU PF fundraising committee chairperson Philip Chiyangwa yesterday said his team is well positioned to raise a US$140 million war chest for the ruling party’s 2023 harmonised elections campaign. Speaking at a press conference at Zanu PF headquarters to unveil the committee, Chiyangwa said they would meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s expectations in time for the…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has authorised the use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine after the government…
ELECTIONS for the Zanu PF women’s league provincial chairpersons have become the latest battleground for brawling ruling party bigwigs ahead of the…
CIVIL servants in Bulawayo are stampeding to get the Covid-19 vaccine after those who are not vaccinated are being blocked from accessing the Mhlahlandlela government complex in the city.This comes as authorities last week ordered the vaccination of all civil servants, with the head of the Public Service Commission Jonathan Wutawunashe saying the government employees…
