VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has made an impassioned plea to Zimbabweans to rally behind the country’s new currency, while also underlining that the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) is here to stay. Speaking at the on-going Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) yesterday, Chiwenga also reiterated that the currency would stabilise the prices of goods and services in…
THE government says it is fully committed to developing a sustainable and competitive industry which will efficiently supply goods to local markets and boost the country’s economy. Speaking at a business conference at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo yesterday, Industry minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu said efforts were being made to revive the…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe says it needs to invest in technology to ensure the rural population gets access to 4G networks. Speaking at a Digital Economy Conference at the on-going Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) yesterday, Econet deputy chief executive officer Roy Chimanikire said rural communities were lagging behind in internet connectivity. “In Zimbabwe, our internet…
A SURVEY conducted by Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in partnership with the Bulawayo Informal Sector Working Group has revealed that only 31 percent of Bulawayo’s street vendors in the central business district are licensed. Speaking at a Bulawayo informal sector survey presentation yesterday, FES consultant Ruth Chomola said more needed to be done by…
THE government has implored stakeholders to unite in supporting youth in entrepreneurship in order to fully incorporate them in building the country’s economy. Speaking during a stakeholders’ event organised by the Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT) yesterday in Bulawayo, the deputy director in the ministry of Youth, Isaiah Mpofu said youth were an important…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has recalled the Benylin Paediatric syrup and urged parents with the medication not to administer it to minors as it has high levels of diethylene glycol. MCAZ director general Richard Rukwata yesterday said diethylene glycol in the syrup was toxic to humans.“MCAZ would like to inform all stakeholders…
AUTHORITIES are concerned about the rising risk of many HIV-positive pregnant women transmitting the disease to their unborn children. The programme officer of the National Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmissions (PMTCT) project in the Ministry of Health, Brian Komtenza, told the Daily News yesterday that it was worrying that a high number of HIV-positive expectant women…
AUTHORITIES have called on the National Aids Council (Nac) to allocate financial resources in medical research to ensure that people affected with HIV have easy access to medication. Speaking to journalists in Bulawayo last week, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said importation of HIV medicine came with various challenges. “As a government, we want to challenge…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is working on establishing a new site in Thorngrove for small-and-mediumscale recycling groups to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement on Friday, BCC director of town planning, Wisdom Siziba, said recycling sites play a crucial role in promoting sustainability…
THE National Aids Council (Nac) says there continues to be a worrying increase in the number of women being infected by HIV compared to men in the country. Speaking in Bulawayo yesterday, Nac monitoring and evaluation director, Amon Mpofu said recent statistics showed that women were more vulnerable to HIV than men. “Our recent statistics…
