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GOVERNMENT is calling on commercial farmers whose farms were compulsorily acquired despite being protected under the Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements (BIPPAs) to apply for compensation. According to Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, US$20 million has been set aside to compensate the farmers. This comes as the government is continuing to push for a settlement…

AUTHORITIES say they have sourced at least US$615 million from foreign investors to resuscitate the country’s 2 700km long rail system. Responding to questions in the Senate last week, Transport minister Felix Mhona said that most of the tonnage transported along the country’s roads needed to migrate to the railway line.“We are now witnessing roads…

By Ketty Nyoni ALL-INCLUSIVE national dialogue involving all key stakeholders such as political parties, the church, labour, business and civil society players remains the best way to resolve Zimbabwe’s myriad challenges. So says the administrator of one of the two main factions of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Jameson Timba — who adds that…

SENATORS have implored authorities to subsidise patients seeking renal treatment at public hospitals, as many people are failing to access these services due to the astronomical costs involved. Raising a motion in the Senate last week, Sessel Zvidzai of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said the treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) was too…

BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE POWER utility Zesa and the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) are engaged in finding ways to curb rampant vandalism of the State-owned company’s electricity infrastructure across the country. Speaking yesterday at a mitigating power and energy vandalism symposium at the UZ, Higher Education minister Amon Murwira applauded the engagement between the two institutions….

BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday announced that he had approved the licensing of Starlink’s highspeed Internet by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz). Starlink is a low earth orbit (Leo) satellite operator owned by global conglomerate Space X run by the US-based multi-billionaire Elon Musk. Starlink’s local partner is IMC…

BY BRYN MATONGO AUTHORITIES say they are not going to introduce price controls in the market as this will destabilise the economy to the detriment of ordinary people. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to protect citizens and the recently introduced new currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), from the harmful activities of foreign…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw LEGISLATORS want authorities to designate the ZiG as the currency of choice for all local transactions, with consumers and business having the option to pay for goods and services in foreign currency. In this regard, the legislators also want authorities to move with speed to put more measures in place to…

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the country’s education system has been transformed to equip the youth with productive skills that are developmental instead of them only speaking “fluent English”. Addressing thousands of people at the launch of the National Youth Service programme at Nhakiwa Vocational Training Centre in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw AMALGAMATED Rural Teacher’s Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure was yesterday sentenced to a wholly suspended four months jail term by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka. He was found guilty of obstructing the course of justice and ordered to pay a US$200 fine and failure to pay will result in him…