THE government says cash transfers for the food vulnerable people in urban areas will only be paid to people who undertake public work programmes in their local communities. This comes as the 2024 Zimbabwe Livelihood Assessment Committee (ZimLAC) urban report recently indicated that at least 35 percent of the urban population would be food insecure…
ANOTHER team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected in Harare later this month. The visiting party will assess the country’s economy, as well as the impact of the ZiG to date, while also proposing other measures that would further strengthen Zimbabwe’s new currency. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to…
CEO Africa Roundtable (CEOART) chief executive officer Kipson Gundani says the upcoming 10th Edition of the CEO Africa Annual Roundtable set to run in Victoria Falls next week will incorporate a session on wellness in the workplace. The annual conference, to run from June 12 to 15 under the theme -The future of Africa: Modernise,…
THE government says it is working on modalities to bridge the Information, Communication Technology (ICT) gap between rural and urban schools setup. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week commissioned 17 schools constructed under a US$22 million loan facility obtained from the OPEC Fund for International Development, where he encouraged young people to be…
THE government has lifted the suspension of operating licences of all omnibuses belonging to Swaymo Investments, Wipeco Investments and Simlex coaches. This comes as the three operators breached the terms and conditions of their licences leading to fatal road traffic crashes that occurred on 9 and 16 March 2024, in Western Cape, South Africa and…
THE Zimbabwe Road Administration (Zinara) says they are on course to settle a US$206 million loan it secured from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) for road rehabilitation after clearing more than half of it. Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts Committee yesterday, Zinara board chairperson George Manyaya said they had…
THE government is optimistic that the country is going to be readmitted into the Commonwealth at this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs in Parliament on Monday, Foreign Affairs Frederick Shava said they had done their homework to ensure the country retains its…
THE government has called on industry, business and the public to use electricity sparingly as the winter season commences. This comes as the country’s power supply has been improving steadily in the last few weeks with Hwange Power Station generating 989 megawatts, Kariba 625 megawatts while independent power producers were generating 45 megawatts and the…
PROMINENT Mutare businessman and former Zanu PF lawmaker Isau Mupfumi was yesterday granted US$1 000 by a Mutare court yesterday, while the other suspects were remanded in custody. This comes after Mupfumi was arrested over the weekend following violent clashes over bus rank parking space in Mutare. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, police spokesperson…
WORLD Bank country representative Victor Steenbergen has challenged authorities to reduce high tariffs on imports from Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to improve Zimbabwe’s economic and trade growth. The African Union (AU) adopted the AfCFTA as a measure to promote trade in African countries.Speaking in Harare at a Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) manufacturing…
