Sindiso Mhlope

THE World Food Programme (WFP) has said it urgently needs US$300 million to combat hunger in Zimbabwe, which will likely affect over 60 percent of the population by the end of this year.

THE Japanese embassy in Zimbabwe has provided US$3,8  million for the acquisition of medical and hospital equipment in a bid to assist the country’s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and other diseases, the Daily News reports.

ZIMBABWE joined the rest of the world yesterday in celebrating the United Nation’s (UN) 75th anniversary, with the UN resident coordinator Maria Ribeiro calling for joint efforts to eradicate hunger, poverty and gender inequalities among…

THE 2021 National Budget must provide a clear government position on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), including steps that the government will undertake to implement EITI or its local version, the Zimbabwe…

THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Zimbabwe says more than 8 000 cases of sexual violence against women and young girls were recorded in 2019, while a staggering 800 000 others were exposed to threats of gender-based violence…

THE government has partnered International Finance Corporation (IFC) — a member of the World Bank Group — to launch the Victoria Falls Area Tourism Development Plan in a bid to boost tourism in and around Victoria Falls and help strengthen…

THE Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVac) has projected over five million people in rural areas are going to be food insecure during the peak hunger period between January and March 2021 owing to the combined effects of…

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the government and development partners to improve their response to other diseases which have been neglected due to the country’s focus on containing the spread of the lethal coronavirus…

HARARE City Council (HCC) yesterday announced the temporary shutdown of the Morton Jaffray water treatment Plant after running out of key chemicals — leaving hundreds of thousands of the capital city’s residents facing a dry weekend, the…

CIVIL society leader and convenor of the Citizens Manifesto Briggs Bomba has called on Zimbabweans to participate in the forthcoming national citizens convention, saying only citizens could come up with sustainable solutions to end the…

POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general Gift Machengete, has said digital technologies are crucial for the success of the post coronavirus (Covid-19) economic recovery agenda as they offer…

FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government’s decision to compensate white former commercial farmers has eased the country’s international engagement and re-engagement efforts.

THE South Korean embassy in Zimbabwe, in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Indian embassy yesterday donated coronavirus (Covid-19) medical supplies and consumables worth a combined US$650 000, the Daily News …

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa  yesterday called on private players in the economy to dialogue with his government to find ways of improving the country’s ease of-doing business and attract direct foreign investment.

THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the government must fast track the adoption and use of digital tools and artificial intelligence to improve food security and eradicate hunger, the Daily News reports.

VARIOUS stakeholders yesterday called on legislators to clearly spell out the working conditions of colleges and polytechnics principals and equate their role to that of vice chancellors, the Daily News reports.

AS TURMOIL consumes the country’s opposition, renowned professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Stephen Chan, has once again warned Nelson Chamisa, pictured, and the MDC Alliance…

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, says he will adequately fund security forces and anti-graft bodies going forward, in a bid to secure peace and the ease of doing business in the country, the Daily News reports.

AIR passengers infected with the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) will be placed in mandatory detention and isolation for 14 days according to operating procedures recently gazetted by the government.

FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade minister Sibusiso Moyo says Zimbabwe remains committed to repairing decades of frosty relations with Western countries, the Daily New On Sunday reports.

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) are not doing enough to bring perpetrators of violent crimes and human rights violations to book, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said.

THE government is very concerned about the increase in violent crime in the country, as well as the continued abuse of social media, the Daily News reports.

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has solicited the assistance of churches to root out corruption across various sectors, the Daily News reports.

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday swore in members of the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Zimbabwe Land Commission at State House in Harare.

ZIMBABWE is crafting a law aimed at professionalising the practice of public procurement in a bid to curb rampant corruption bedevilling the country’s tender process, the Daily News reports.