AUTHORITIES have amended the annual budget process, setting new deadlines for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to submit their budget inputs and requiring the national budget to be presented to Parliament by the third Thursday of November.The development comes as Parliament is set to begin a five-day nationwide public consultation exercise on the 2027 National…
Tapiwa Chirume THIS month’s summit in Harare of the Heads of State of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) will present Zimbabwe with another major opportunity to showcase its economic potential.So says the chief executive of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC), Christopher Mugaga, who adds that as Zimbabwe assumes the…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission has launched a 90-day campaign to combat a surge in domestic violence and intimate partner killings nationwide.Addressing journalists in Harare on Friday, ZGC chairperson Leslie Ncube highlighted that domestic disputes frequently result in severe physical trauma, homicides, and suicide.Statistics show that over 13 000 sexual and aggravated domestic cases occurred in…
Hazel Marimbiza GOVERNEMENT is stepping up efforts to address classroom shortages and other infrastructure gaps affecting schools across the country to ensure inclusive learning for all students.Speaking after a fact-finding tour of schools in Bulawayo last week, the minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Torerayi Moyo, said the government would channel resources towards expanding school…
CHIEF WRITER PARLIAMENT will begin a crucial five-day nationwide public consultation exercise on the 2027 National Budget on Monday. This comes as key stakeholders have urged authorities to ensure that they protect vulnerable groups and also ease the current high tax burden on businesses. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for innovative financing models to accelerate infrastructure development, urging the private sector and financial markets to take advantage of investment opportunities in Zimbabwe. In a speech read by the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, at the Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference (ZEDCON) in Bulawayo yesterday, Mnangagwa said new funding models were…
Tapiwa Chirume PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred provincial hero status on the late businessman and philanthropist Wicknell Chivayo, who died alongside his wife and three others in a helicopter crash in Marondera on Wednesday. This comes as more tributes continued to pour in for the deceased yesterday. Speaking at Chivayo’s Gletwin home in Harare last…
SOME parts of the country will experience thunder storms early next week. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’ s most influential newspaper — a spokesperson of the Meteorological Services Department (MSD), Isaac Masawana, confirmed yesterday that the unsettled weather conditions were expected on Monday and Tuesday. “We expect the current weather conditions to…
Tapiwa Chirume SWIFT police operations in Bulawayo and Bindura have dismantled dangerous criminal syndicates linked to a wave of armed robberies, multi-million-dollar heists, and violent mine attacks across Zimbabwe. The police yesterday confirmed the arrest of 39-year-old Tendai Nzvenga in Mpopoma, Bulawayo, following a targeted intelligence operation by CID Homicide detectives on September 30, 2026….
A HARARE man Simba Nyika who is awaiting extradition to the United States of America has accused the National Prosecuting Authority of…
