HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is fully aware of challenges monetary and fiscal measures have posed and government is working flat out to protect consumers, defend wage values and secure savings. This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya presented monetary and fiscal measures which saw…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo are admitted at top South African hospitals where they are said to be in bad shape, the Daily News is reliably informed. The two highly-trained former military men were the face of the November 2017 army operation that led to the dramatic ouster…
HARARE – Government is set to build 50 trauma centres countrywide in a bid to reduce accident-related deaths. Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo said the decision came after it had been observed that accident victims along major roads were not able to access health facilities within the shortest possible time. As such, trauma…
HARARE – MDC president Nelson Chamisa has slammed the banning of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) demonstration which was followed by arrests of the union leaders. Chamisa said the ban and arrests were illegal as people have a right to demonstrate. “The establishment is acting unconstitutionally in trying to avoid and stop the…
HARARE – The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has recorded 1 431 fire incidences which destroyed 951 080,15 hectares of vegetation since July 31. Although the national burnt area is still lower than that of the previous year, it is increasing each week. Ema is therefore advising motorists to avoid driving close to veld fire flames…
HARARE – Only less than 30 percent of properties along the Enterprise Road corridor in Harare are still residential, with the rest having been turned into offices and restaurants. According to minutes of the City of Harare’s Environmental Management Committee, the Enterprise corridor must therefore be incorporated into Harare’s Combination Master Plan to include new…
BULAWAYO – The city council here has defended its 2019 budget, which will see residents forking out more in rent and rates. In its budget presented last week, council increased its budget to $212,5 million from $152, 5 million. The city fathers also indicated that they may be forced to review the budget due to…
HARARE – The new minister of Local Government, July Moyo, should put aside his party jacket if he is to successfully oversee the smooth running of councils across the country. He must desist from clashing with elected mayors and councillors like what his former colleagues — Saviour Kasukuwere and Ignatious Chombo — used to do…
HARARE – Government’s decision to charge a draconian two percent tax on electronic transactions is likely to face its first legal challenge today. The Daily News can report that a Harare man, Mfundo Mlilo, is approaching the High Court today, seeking to have the tax reversed on grounds that it is “illegal and immoral.” Mlilo…
HARARE – While it is understandable for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to call on Zimbabweans to adjust to the two percent tax regime for better economic transformation, analysts believe that the pain should also be shared by those in power. On Monday, Mnangagwa urged citizens to bear the pain of new taxation and other economic reforms…
