Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE Government has supplied 34 hybrid bulls to Gwanda district in Matabeleland South for cross breeding purposes to resuscitate beef and leather production, which is on the decline, a Cabinet minister has said. Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said the bulls, that were distributed to chiefs in the district, are meant to…
EXPERTS say the ongoing amendments of the country’s Constitution will make sitting State presidents even more powerful — to the extent that incumbents will effectively be able to choose their successors. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the experts added that the planned changes would also empower presidents to handpick judges — in…
RULING Zanu PF legislators have claimed that they are being barred from opening nostro accounts because of their political allegiance. A nostro account is a bank current account denominated in foreign currency which allows one to transact in all major currencies. The legislators made the claims in the National Assembly this week where they pleaded…
AT LEAST 320 inmates from prisons across Harare Province were released back into society yesterday in an amnesty granted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Among those freed are 11 women. The beneficiaries also include four men who had been sentenced to life in prison. Harare Metropolitan Province prisons commanding officer Alvon Kapare told those attending a…
THE Government is using last year’s November to December budget surplus of $20 billion to procure Covid-19 vaccines, deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa has said. Chiduwa told the National Assembly that the government had enough money to buy the required vaccines. “In November and December we made a surplus of $20 billion but this is…
THE government has blasted some church organisations for allegedly fomenting violence by rallying behind people guilty of disrupting peace in the country. This comes after the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary general Kenneth Mtata took to social media to express his displeasure after MDC activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was slapped with 24 months’ imprisonment for inciting…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, pictured, has warned the opposition that law enforcement agents stand ready to deal with any illegal mass gatherings and demonstrations in the country. This comes after a group calling itself “Friends of Job Sikhala Solidarity Trust” threatened to cause violence in Harare when the MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson —…
AT LEAST 3 000 prisoners are set to be released today after President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted them amnesty. Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) spokesperson, Peter Chaparanganda, confirmed that beneficiaries will be released starting this morning from all the jails across the country. The clemency, which was gazetted earlier this week, will benefit all…
SEVENTEEN women’s organisations have called for the lifting of the ban on by-elections by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying their continued suspension was an affront to democratic practice. This comes as Zec announced last month the resumption of voter registration and other related field work beginning this month although…
THE United States (US) injected US$341 million into Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector in 2020 alone to mitigate the treatment of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria cases last year alone. This comes as HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe declined to 12,9 percent from a high of 29 percent in 1999 with up to 339 multi-drug resistant TB patients…
