TAPIWA CHIRUMEStaff WRITER HARARE City and Chitungwiza Town councils are stepping up efforts to strengthen their emergency disaster response, which has been brought into question following the tragic accident that claimed 17 lives along Seke Road on Tuesday. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, Harare City Council’s acting town clerk, Phakamile Mabhena, said…
PARLIAMENT has made some wholesale changes in its parliamentary portfolio committees. Announcing the changes on Thursday, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda said the changes were with immediate effect. “I have to inform the House that the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) has reassigned chairpersons and made changes to committee membership,” Mudenda…
TAPIWA CHIRUMEStaff WRITER SENATOR Anna Shiri, who is also the president of National Council of Persons with disabilities (PWDs), has called for inclusive teacher’s development training in sign language and braille to enhance inclusion of students with hearing and visual impairments. Debating on the Joint Portfolio report on Universal Access to Education in the Senate…
RUTENDO NGARASenior Staff Writer DESPITE achieving a record tobacco output in the 2024/25 marketing season, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says that most farmers still rely on contract farming, which is unsustainable. More than 60 percent of tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe operate under contract. TIMB spokesperson Chelesani Tsarwe said there was a need…
THE Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) should be capacitated by the government to finance transformative projects, Special Advisor to the President, Joram Gumbo has said. Gumbo, who is responsible for monitoring and implementation of government programmes, said if IDCZ’s funding capacity is enhanced, it will accelerate growth in strategic manufacturing sectors as part of…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are cranking up their efforts to recover billions of US dollars in cash and property owned by Zimbabweans in foreign countries that was acquired through crooked means. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Prosecutor General, Loice Matanda-Moyo, also vowed yesterday…
ZESA has appointed Albert Joel Nduna, the board’s vice chairman, as the interim board chairman following the passing on of executive chairman Sydney Gata. This comes as Zesa is being rebundled by Mutapa Investment Fund under a process that will result in the abolishment of executive chairman’s post to pave way for the appointment of…
PARLIAMENT wants the government to increase its funding for mental health in the country, amid growing concerns that drug and substance abuse in the country has reached alarming levels. Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday, Bulawayo proportional representative MP, Lungile Ncube, said authorities needed to view the issue of mental health as a priority….
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Senate was on Thursday compelled to adjourn its question and answer session due to the absence of Cabinet ministers, disrupting proceedings and shifting focus to other parliamentary business. This comes after the President of the Senate, Mable Chinomona, informed Senators that only the minister of Transport, Felix Mhona, was…
ZIMBABWE’S Trade Development and Promotion Organisation (Zimtrade) says it is expanding trading opportunities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after securing confirmed orders worth US$5,77 million and negotiating potential deals exceeding US$18 million during a DRC mining exhibition held in Lubumbashi last month. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday Zimtrade export promotion officer Renwick…
