THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has announced that all listed entities will be required to submit sustainability reports starting from financial years that commence on or after January 1, 2024. This is in collaboration with the Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB) and the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX). Sustainable reporting refers to a company…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says the government is fully committed to ensuring that the country’s young people are empowered and their voices heard. Speaking during the National Youth Day celebrations in Bulawayo last Friday, Chiwenga hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for policies tailored for youth development. “We are all aware that the Second Republic, under the…
WARRING opposition bigwigs need to urgently bury the hatchet and draw lessons from the exemplary leadership of the revered late founding father of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, who left behind a thriving and formidable movement. So says former MDC chairman Morgen Komichi, who candidly admits that current opposition leaders have an almost impossible job to…
BRANDON JOSPHAT Chief Writer CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu is set to be recalled from Parliament after his expulsion from the party last week for alleged misdeeds. Tshabangu, the leader of opposition in Parliament, was charged with four counts, including tarnishing the party’s image and undermining its leadership, after appearing before…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE World Food Programme (WFP) Zimbabwe says it is scaling down its humanitarian assistance in the country due to a lack of funding. This comes after USAid withdrew all its humanitarian assistance across the globe and halted all its programmes, including those in Zimbabwe, from which WFP also benefited. In its latest…
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, has warned that discomforting measures will be applied to Members of Parliament who attend parliamentary business for only 30 minutes and then leave the House. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Mudenda emphasised that lawmakers must abide by the country’s constitution and avoid disengaging from parliamentary…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A ZB BANK Mutare branch manager, Tonderai Karimutsa, told a Harare magistrate recently that a couple accused of defrauding former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono, of over $100 million in 2017 was liable for the offence. Karimutsa told regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje that he has been with the bank…
NYASHA KUNYISWASenior Staff Writer THE private sector has committed to investing in health infrastructure to complement government efforts in ensuring access to quality healthcare for citizens. This comes after parliamentarians called for legislation to ban ministers and top government officials from seeking medical assistance in foreign countries while the country’s health delivery system is collapsing….
BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA THE government must digitise the country’s investment process, limit expenditure, seal revenue leakages, and tax the informal sector, economic experts have said. This recommendation is in the recently launched Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Audit (Zefa), developed with input from the Canadian public policy think tank, the Fraser Institute. “New areas of expertise must…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared war against drug peddlers that are causing chaos in the country, vowing that authorities would flush them out. Speaking in Bulawayo during National Youth Day celebrations, Mnangagwa observed ruefully that many young people were continuing to fall victim to drug and substance abuse as a result of the activities of…
