THE government in partnership with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (Fao) is working to reduce unemployment through intensifying entrepreneurial grants and mentorship. Speaking at a learning event for green jobs on Thursday, Fao deputy representative to Zimbabwe Louis Muhigirwa said creating employment for rural youth was the way to go. “We have been working with…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reiterated that he will only serve his mandated two terms in office despite the growing calls within Zanu PF for him to keep going beyond 2028. Addressing ruling party supporters at Mutare Teachers College in Manicaland yesterday, Mnangagwa added — for emphasis — that he would be…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s largest telecommunications and technology company, has extended its popular ‘Kancane Kancane’ smartphone credit scheme to civil servants. Under the initiative, government employees — including teachers, nurses and doctors, among others — would now be able to get new smartphones without paying any upfront deposit. Econet chief operations officer Kezito Makuni…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POWER utility Zesa continues to reel from the numerous challenges that it is facing — including frequent faults which are exacerbating the country’s energy crisis. This saw Zesa subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), pleading with its customers yesterday for patience. Yesterday, the country was generating 1 334 megawatts…
THE estate of the late national hero and nationalist, James Chikerema, has been opened for inspection by the Master of the High Court some 18 years after his death. The outspoken nationalist died in Indianapolis, United States, in March 2006 and once served as the president of the Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe during…
ZIMBABWE yesterday received a total of US$31,8 million as drought insurance pay-out from the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group to combat the effects of the El Nino-induced drought and climate shocks. From this amount, US$16, 8 million is drought insurance complemented by other pay-outs to other partners, the World Food Programme (WFP), which received US$6,1…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (ZACC) says it has seen a rise in corruption cases reported to their offices in the past year. Presenting the commission’s 2023 annual report in Harare yesterday, Zacc’s executive secretary Sukai Tongogara said there was a 46 percent increase in reported graft cases compared to 2022. “In…
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Company (ZITF) has postponed its annual Mining, Engineering and Transport Exhibition (Mine Entra) expo to avoid a potential clash with next month’s Sadc summit. The summit, a major regional event, would be held in Harare on August 17 and 18. Ahead of the Sadc summit, a regional industrialisation week is…
By Brandon Josphat and Masimba Makwembere ZIMBABWEANS want authorities to sustain their current fiscal and monetary policies which have resulted in relative stability in the prices of basic goods in the country over the past three months. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a wide cross-section of key stakeholders — including consumer representatives, workers’ unions…
PROVIDERS of private health care should charge affordable fees to ensure that vulnerable members of society get access to key services, authorities say. Speaking in the second city yesterday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Timios Kwidini, said this was what the government envisaged in the planned National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). “The government wants…
