BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE THE Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS NET) Network in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) says food shortage has hit most parts of the country. In a report released yesterday, FEWS NET and USAid said some people are now relying on the food assistance that is being provided…
Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITERS FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube did not do enough to address the plight of struggling workers and poor Zimbabweans in his mid-term budget review on Thursday. So say representatives of public sector workers and some economic experts, who told the Daily News yesterday that Ncube’s mid-term statement was “not pro-poor” —…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE bail ruling of Harare town clerk Hosiah Chisango and his accomplice Arkims Mandaza, who allegedly played a part in illegally awarding a US$9 million street lights tender to a company owned by businessman Moses Mpofu, has been set for Tuesday. This comes as the State has concluded leading evidence…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has injected US$50 million into the interbank foreign exchange market in order to consolidate Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) stability. The apex bank governor, John Mushayavanhu, yesterday said since the introduction of ZiG on April 5, the RBZ had been participating in the interbank foreign exchange market to supplement liquidity under…
By Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw A LEGISLATOR has raised serious concerns over the country’s rising child mortality. Speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Sikhuphukile Dube — a youth proportional representative for Bulawayo — called on authorities to urgently look into the deaths. Child mortality refers to the deaths of children under the age…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) Mutoko business unit manager Praise Makombore, 36, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly stealing 1 000 bags of presidential inputs scheme fertiliser. She is facing theft of trust property and corruptly concealing from a principal a personal interest in a transaction. Makombore was granted…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader, Welshman Ncube, and opposition stalwart, Morgen Komichi, say Zanu PF will not engage in serious dialogue with its political rivals if they remain as weak and as divided as they are. This comes after former Cabinet minister and MDC stalwart, Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, recently said “nothing good” was…
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga is expected to officially open the highly anticipated Sadc Industrialisation (SIW) investment forum on Monday. The forum will be held on the side-lines of the 7th Annual SIW, a platform dedicated to fostering intra-African trade and regional investment. This year’s SIW, like its predecessors, is…
Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN an effort to clear Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) arrears, Treasury has released US$30 million to pay public schools. This comes as the government is owing public schools more than US$50 million, crippling learning institutions’ capacity to deliver on their mandates. Beam is a national assistance programme which…
Blessings Mashaya and Brendan Josphats AUTHORITIES will implement more measures to protect the ZiG, boost the country’s economy and further stabilise prices, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. Presenting his 2024 mid-term budget and economic review statement in Parliament in Harare yesterday, a generally upbeat Ncube expressed satisfaction with how the introduction of the country’s…
