PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for innovative financing models to accelerate infrastructure development, urging the private sec­tor and financial markets to take advantage of investment opportunities in Zimbabwe. In a speech read by the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, at the Zimbabwe Economic De­velopment Conference (ZEDCON) in Bulawayo yesterday, Mnangagwa said new funding models were…

THE Environmental Manage­ment Agency (Ema) says the country’s urban rivers are bear­ing the brunt of a worsening wastewater crisis, with pollu­tion levels in the waterways re­maining above acceptable limits as sewage treatment infrastruc­ture continues to deteriorate. Speaking during an online discussion on X yesterday, Ema environmental education and publicity manager Amkela Sidange said the condition…

MANY adolescent girls continue to face a severe crisis in education due to poor sanitation in schools and chronic water shortages. The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has also warned that this lack of adequate basic infrastruc­ture countrywide is compromising the dignity and academic future of young women. Speaking at this year’s Water, Sanitation and…

A DISPUTE over who should be served first at a tuckshop in Umguza turned fatal after a 20-year-old man was al­legedly stabbed in the thigh and later died from his injuries. Bulawayo police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele said yes­terday that the deceased, Zebron Ndlovu of Windmill, Umguza, arrived home at about 7pm on Tuesday, running and…

GOVERNMENT is slashing red tape and simplifying regulations to unlock invest­ment, accelerate economic growth, and create vital jobs in a move to improve livelihoods, says Vice President Kembo Mohadi. Speaking at the second National Competitiveness Summit in Bulawayo yesterday, Mohadi said Zim­babwe’s regulatory environment needed to become more responsive, predictable and business-friendly as the country…

AUTHORITIES have ordered an immediate crackdown on space barons in Bulawayo, directing vendors to stop paying illegal operators controlling trad­ing sites. The minister of Local Govern­ment, Daniel Garwe, yesterday said space barons had no legal authority to allocate vending spaces or collect money from traders, warning ven­dors that paying them amounted to supporting illegal activities….