LEGISLATORS have questioned why the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda stopped a parliamentary committee inquiry into illicit gold inflows in the country. This comes as Mudenda has blocked the probe by the public accounts committee (Pac) over the illicit flows of gold in the country and had summoned the Reserve of Bank of…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora says his party, the MDC, is a genuine political movement fighting for a level playing field ahead of this year’s general elections. This comes after Mwonzora has received widespread criticism from different quarters and accused of being a puppet of the ruling party, Zanu PF, as he filed court applications seeking…
THE parliamentary legal committee says the Minerals Amendment Bill currently before the National Assembly will violate the country’s Constitution in many respects if enacted. In an adverse report tabled in the National Assembly last week, the committee chaired by Jonathan Samkange said before rebuking the Bill, they had engaged the minister of Mines, Winston Chitando…
THE government has started to disburse improved allowances to traditional leaders amid efforts to improve their social standing, deputy minister of Local Government, Marian Chombo has said. The traditional leaders are set to receive a whooping US$550 each in Covid-19 allowance backdated to May last year ,after the ministry approved their request made early last…
GOVERNMENT has trained teachers on how to package assignments for students in a manageable way under the Continuous Assessment Learning Areas (Cala). Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, the deputy minister of Education, Edgar Moyo, said it was against government policy to burden students with Cala assignments. The curriculum was introduced for primary and…
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a State-funded primary and secondary education pilot project in every two districts per province as the authorities work on how best to implement its education policy across the country. Speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, the deputy minister of Education, Edgar Moyo, said the government wanted to abide by the country’s…
PARLIAMENT wants Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to explain the alarming decline of the Zimbabwe dollar. In addition, legislators also want Ncube to detail the measures that authorities are taking to arrest the ever rising prices of basic goods in the country. This comes amid an escalating shortage of basic commodities from supermarkets, which some retailers…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) seeks to promote Zimbabwe at the ongoing African Travel Indaba in Durban, South Africa, through partnerships with regional organisations. The indaba is an iconic African leisure trade show with the specific objectives of creating market access for African leisure tourism products. Speaking to the media during the ongoing indaba, ZTA…
THERE continues to be shortages of some basic goods in retail shops, with mealie meal now among the products being traded on the black market exclusively in US dollars. Both millers and authorities confirmed the “artificial” shortages of the staple food — saying the country had surplus maize grain. The chairperson of the Grain Millers…
IN AN unusual case, police have shot dead six wild cats that were terrorising some residents of Chivhu. Provincial police spokesperson for Mashonaland East, Simon Chazovachii, told the Daily News yesterday that law enforcement agents had recently been compelled to put down the cats after receiving repeated complaints about the normally domesticated small mammals. “Several…
