FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday allocated a US$10 million grant for small-scale miners for the expansion of the sector as part of the government’s aim to achieve a US$12 billion mining sector by year’s end. Speaking to the media after the signing ceremony of the facility in Harare yesterday, Ncube said the funds were allocated…
MDC president Douglas Mwonzora recalled former vice president Elias Mudzuri from Parliament yesterday on charges of insubordination and undermining the opposition party’s constitution. Deputy president of the Senate Mike Nyambuya confirmed the recall in the Senate yesterday.“Parliament was notified that Elias Mudzuri ceased to be a member of the MDC party. According to Section 129(1)(k)…
A ROW over land between Victoria Falls Town Council (VFTC) and a private company, Wild Horizons, is threatening to scuttle plans to…
THE government and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will start the second registration blitz together. The second phase of registration will be held in parallel with Zec and will take place in April following the rainy season, according to Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, while speaking last week in the National Assembly, adding that this…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the upcoming general elections present an opportunity for Zanu PF to win back municipal authorities from the opposition. Speaking during the launch of the ‘Returnees, Dzokai Kumusha, Phendukani Ekhaya’ programme yesterday in Harare, Mnangagwa said the returnees have made a noble decision as the party was gearing up to win. “The…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated yesterday that Zimbabweans should shun any acts of political violence as the country heads to the general elections. He was speaking at the burial of Retired Brigadier General Walter Kanhanga at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. He was 72.“As the 2023 harmonised general elections draw closer, I call upon all…
DEPUTY Finance minister Clemency Chiduwa says the government owes cotton growers US$28 million and the Treasury has committed to pay by the end of March this year. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Chiduwa said the government had two forms of payment, the local currency and foreign currency, for all agricultural produce. “We have…
EDUCATION minister Evelyn Ndlovu says the Treasury has allocated a paltry US$6.3 million to finance free education at all public schools, which is not enough to meet the required total amount. Last year, the government firmly committed to the roll-out of a free education programme starting this year. However, speaking in the National Assembly yesterday,…
THE Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill sailed through the Senate yesterday and now waits for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s assent. This comes as the opposition and civic society have expressed fear that the proposed Act will further shrink the country’s democratic space and lead to the closure of some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) perceived to be…
Parliament is pushing to make the Joint Operation Command (JOC) a constitutional body to ensure that its operations can be accounted for under the proposed National Security Council (NSC) whose bill is currently before the august House. In remarks after the second reading of the National Security Council (NBS) Bill in the National Assembly on…
