Rumbidzai ngwenya GENDER inequality is accounting significantly to low economic growth in the African continent in general and Zimbabwe in particular, the United Nations (UN) has said. Speaking during the commemoration of the International Women’s Day in Harare on Tuesday night, UN country representative Ester Muia said the levels of gender inequality were mainly affecting…
THE government has set up special courts around the country to deal expeditiously with all cases involving political violence and intimidation. In a notice gazetted at the weekend, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) said it had designated trial magistrates for all such cases. “It is hereby declared that the Judicial Service Commission, in terms of…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ZIMBABWE is capacitating its security agencies and relevant authorities to combat money laundering and related financial crimes, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said. This comes as the country was last week delisted from the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list after an on-site evaluation exercise carried out in January this year….
Melisa Chatikobo THE government has assured the nation that despite the anticipated drought due to climate change-induced erratic rains this season the country has enough grain reserves. Speaking during a post-Cabinet briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government’s first round of crop and livestock survey had confirmed that climate change was affecting…
DAVID Beasley, head of the World Food Programme (WFP), has warned that the conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring,…
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for an effective two years for stealing a car at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport before driving on the runway as he sought an exit point. Shingirai Austin Shangu broke into the airport parking through the fence before taking control of the car which had been left by…
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed the recent call by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for South Africa to once again intervene in Zimbabwe’s decades-long political challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Charamba also said the issue of political violence in the country was largely “traceable” to the opposition as a result of its regular…
Melisa Chatikobo THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs has warned that the country’s police service faced collapse owing to low morale due to poor working conditions which are now driving corruption and indiscipline among officers. In a report presented in Parliament last week, committee chairperson Levi Mayihlome said Parliament’s recent enquiry into…
Andile Tshuma THE government has commenced a crop damage control assessment survey, amid fears that over 2.5 million hectares of crops in the 2021-2022 season are under severe threat from moisture stress. Officials from the ministry of Agriculture said all provinces were in the process of analysing data on the crop situation, following a prolonged…
Melisa Chatikobo ZIMBABWE’S ever decreasing number of formally employed people as compared to those in the informal sector is costing the country in tax remittances, a University of Zimbabwe senior lecturer has said. Speaking during a Zimstat webinar on the fourth quarterly labour force survey for 2021 yesterday, Honest Zhou implored policy makers to come…
