PARLIAMENTARIANS have implored authorities to invest in traditional medicines in the fight against cancer in the country. This follows a recent motion by former deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe in the National Assembly pushing for cancer awareness programmes and modern cancer treatment equipment for Mpilo and Parirenyatwa hospitals. Debating the motion last week, Zanu PF…

PARLIAMENTARIANS have demanded that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube should produce a ministerial statement explaining the devaluation of the ZiG despite rising global gold prices. The country’s structured currency introduced in April was devalued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week from just under 14 to the US dollar to nearly 25. Raising a…

AUTHORITIES have been urged to continue placing emphasis on sustainable local funding for sexual reproduction health and HIV/ Aids programmes in the country. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, UN Resident and Humanitarian coordinator, Edward Kallon, said it was crucial to do this as external resources were dwindling. “We are at a pivotal point whereby external…

AUTHORITIES met organised business in Harare yesterday, amid escalating collaborative efforts to stabilise the ZiG and to get on top of the country’s recent prices crisis. Among the prominent figures who attended the crucial meeting were Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) John Mushayavanhu, Oil Expressers Association of…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured increasingly anxious Zimbabweans that the government remains committed to improving their lives through the application of sound economic policies. Delivering his State of the Nation address (SONA) in Parliament yesterday, Mnangagwa added that authorities would step up their efforts to shore up the under pressure ZiG and to stabilise the…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged legislators to put all hands on the deck and speed up the passing of various Bills before it and incoming ones. Speaking during the official opening of the second session of the 10th Parliament, Mnangagwa said MPs had “an obligation to expedite the enactment of all Bills that, for one…

HARARE City Council (HCC) has suspended town clerk Hosiah Chisango on a slew of allegations, including corruptly awarding a street lights tender to a blacklisted company and extending his employment contract without approval. In a letter dated September 30 2024, the local authority barred Chisango from its premises and purporting to act on its behalf…

PLANS are at an advanced stage by authorities for the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway under a public-private partnership (PPP) deal to promote business and tourism in the country. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere yesterday while addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare. The PPP deal would be between the government…

THERE are growing calls for an urgent all-inclusive stakeholders’ meeting to help stabilise the ZiG and soaring prices of basic goods in the country.  Representatives of labour and consumers were among those who told the Daily News yesterday that the country’s deepening economic challenges demanded that all key stakeholders worked together with urgency to stop…