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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday implored Zimbabweans to have a spirit of unity and peaceful coexistence in order to foster national economic development to attain the country’s vision 2030.  Speaking during the memorial service for the late national hero, Perrance Shiri held at Chikerema village in Chikomba Central constituency, Mnangagwa said the former Agriculture minister, had…

P RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF government should ensure  the 2023 elections are credible if Zimbabwe is to succeed in its…

PARLIAMENT has summoned Presidential Affairs minister Joram Gumbo, pictured, to appear before the august House to explain to legislators how the government’s economic policies are being implemented.  At the start of this year, Treasury began implementing the five-year National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) economic blueprint.  This was after the government’s Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) ran…

ZIMBABWE Civil Society Organisations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (ZCSOSUNA) has partnered with the government in an initiative meant to promote the consumption of natural foods among adolescent learners.  The youth-led advocacy initiative, currently taking place in six districts in the country with the support of Unicef, seeks to promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables…

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube expects the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans to improve further in the coming months, on the back of the country’s stabilising economy and cost of living. Writing in his 2020 National Budget Review this week, Ncube noted that as a result of the measures that the government had taken over the past…

WITH the deadly Indian variant of Covid-19 now in the country, health experts have warned citizens to strictly adhere to preventive measures while urging authorities to take a cautious approach and close schools early as a third wave looms. This comes as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, revealed on Wednesday…

PARLIAMENT has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa personally comes to the National Assembly to answer questions from legislators amid concerns that Cabinet ministers either choose not to attend or are incompetent.  In the exercise of Parliament’s oversight and representational roles, backbenchers pose questions for oral or written answers to a vice president or a minister…

THE government has set up a grain procurement committee aimed at curbing side-marketing and encouraging farmers to sell their produce to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). This comes as the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) recently said it was closely working with the government to block maize side-marketing and importation.  Speaking in the National…

Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika ZANU PF’s restructuring exercise has gotten off to a chaotic start in a number of provinces, where some bigwigs stand accused of fomenting party divisions and working for their narrow interests. Party insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said this had seen some irate members disrupting convened re-organisation meetings in…

ZIMBABWE health authorities last night announced they have detected the Indian Covid-19 variant in Kwekwe following the death of a local businessman from the deadly virus.  This comes after Robson Kadenhe, 76, a known hypertension patient died last Wednesday after testing positive for Covid-19.  His wife and niece, who had just returned from India, also…