THE Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) is looking to significantly increase aircraft, passenger, and cargo traffic into the country. The parastatal recently announced in the Government Gazette that it is seeking a consultant to spearhead this growth. “To attract more airlines and passengers, the ACZ invites registered organisations or individuals with a proven track record,…
AUTHORITIES say people who were affected by Gukurahundi and are now living in the diaspora are free to come home and give their testimonies on the turmoil and killings of the 1980s. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the president of the Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs, Mtshane Khumalo, confirmed that the current outreach programme was…
GOVERNMENT is set to regularise illegal housing settlements across the country, a cabinet minister has said. Responding to a question in the National Assembly recently on the government policy regarding informal housing settlements, Lands minister Anxious Masuka said authorities had appointed a committee to regularise the informal settlements. “The government is concerned that there are…
HEALTH minister Douglas Mombeshora has underscored the critical need for private investors to partner with the government in Zimbabwe’s health delivery services. Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between his ministry and Discovery Ambulances at the weekend, Mombeshora stressed the importance of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in expanding access to healthcare. “We…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is deeply concerned by widespread tax evasion and resistance to compliance from both formal and informal businesses, severely eroding the national tax base. Zimra Commissioner-General Regina Chinamasa told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Finance last Friday that the revenue collector is seeking stronger legal backing and enhanced enforcement mechanisms to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the Treasury to release ZiG400 million monthly to clear the outstanding US$50 million debt for the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) programme. Beam, launched in 2001, provides national assistance to orphans and vulnerable children in schools, and the government currently owes public schools. “The pleas from our people, especially you,…
PARLIAMENT has called on the government to allocate funds in the 2026 National Budget for the construction of expecting mothers’ shelters at all district and provincial hospitals. This appeal was made in the National Assembly last week by Bulawayo Province MP Thokozani Khupe, who said such shelters have been proven to reduce maternal and neonatal…
THE ruling Zanu PF’s powerful women’s league yesterday amplified the ongoing calls for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in power to 2030. Speaking at the party’s headquarters in Harare, the league’s secretary for administration, Monica Mutsvangwa, said they wanted Mnangagwa to remain at State House beyond 2028 — in line with Zanu PF’s…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES will acquire more Covid test kits and medicines, amid a recent surge in the number of people infected by a new strain of the respiratory illness in other countries. Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, the deputy minister of Health, Sleiman Kwidini, confirmed the government’s renewed focus on surveillance and testing for the disease….
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have closed the Zone Gardens Nightclub beer outlet which is located at the Zanu PF district offices in Pomona, Harare, over noise pollution. In a letter dated July 8, 2025 addressed to the city of Harare, police and Zanu PF Harare provincial chairman Godwills Masimirembwa, the secretary for Presidential Affairs, Tafadzwa Muguti, said…
