INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa says journalists should not use the media to tarnish the country’s image, but to steer development. Addressing journalists…
F AMILY Support Trust (FST) has urged parents and guardians to look after their children, citing a worrying increase in child-on-child abuse…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora is going for the jugular against Nelson Chamisa, reiterating yesterday that he will henceforth use the MDC Alliance name in elections — starting with the impending parliamentary and local government by-elections. This comes as respected political analysts are warning that the country’s fractured opposition will receive a heavy shellacking from Zanu…
Tamary Chikiwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has urged Bulawayo residents to get vaccinated and continue adhering to World Health Organisation (WHO) Covid-19 guidelines ahead of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) to be held in the city next month. Speaking during the official opening of the Bulawayo Arts Festival last Thursday, Mnangagwa said people should not…
THE government says it is struggling to plug gold leakages, which has seen the country losing at least US$100 million monthly. Speaking to journalists in Bulawayo at the weekend, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said Zimbabwe was losing a substantial amount of foreign currency due to smuggling. “We are also aware of the leakages where gold…
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will have the final say on the next leader of the association with the current executive’s term of office coming to an end. This comes as former combatants of the country’s liberation war in the 1970s had already commenced preparations for…
LEGISLATORS have expressed mixed reactions towards proposed changes to the Public Health Act to allow unrestricted access to reproductive healthcare services by persons aged 12 years and above. This comes as the Advocacy Core Team (ACT) petitioned Parliament on the age of consent and access to reproductive healthcare services by adolescents and young persons, before…
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has appointed a team to probe recent factional violence in the coalition’s youth assembly, as he bids to diffuse escalating tension among his brawling lieutenants. This comes as Chamisa’s leadership of the alliance is facing renewed pressure and scrutiny, with some of his erstwhile close allies standing accused of…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, says his administration’s re-engagement efforts are bearing fruit, as evidenced by various investment projects currently underway. In his remarks while opening the Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe (CoMZ) annual conference in Victoria Falls yesterday Mnangagwa said the results of the government’s efforts were being particularly felt in the mining sector where the…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, says Zimbabwe will have surplus electricity in the next four years, with a capacity to generate over 5 000 megawatts due to the country’s relations with China, which he claimed are paying dividends. This comes as deputy Energy minister Magna Mudyiwa recently told Parliament that Zesa Holdings (Zesa) was in serious…
