adminGovt partially fulfils doctors’ demands
GOVERNMENT met striking doctors yesterday and urged them to resume work as some of their grievances had been addressed. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo met the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, the Health Service Board (HSB), the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZIMA) and the Apex Council.
RBZ quartet cleared
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has cleared its four directors of involvement in illicit currency dealings as alleged by Mr Acie Lumumba a.k.a William Gerald Mutumanje following investigations.
Knives out for Mudzuri
MDC-Alliance faces a potential split, with party leader Mr Nelson Chamisa set to preside over two high-level meetings today in a drive to have his deputy, Mr Elias Mudzuri, expelled. At least 220 party districts are said to have resolved to have Mr Mudzuri fired ahead of next year’s party congress for harbouring presidential ambitions.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Early Presidential endorsement well-conceived
The endorsement of President Mnangagwa as Zanu-PF’s sole candidate for the 2023 Presidential race ahead of the 17th Annual National People’s Conference, which began with a Politburo meeting on Tuesday, has been badly misread by sections of the media who view the move as cheap politicking.
Banking sector posts 77pc profit jump
Zimbabwe’s banking sector boosted profitability in the nine months to September 30, 2018 posting an aggregate net profit of $283,98 million, latest Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) figures show. This was a 76, 68 percent increase from a net profit of $160, 73 million for the corresponding period in 2017.
Intratrek wins $25m ZPC lawsuit
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has lost a High Court case in which local private firm, Intratrek Zimbabwe, had sought an order declaring a multi-million dollar contract signed between the parties on the Gwanda solar project valid or alternative payment of $25 million damages for contract breach.
The day MDC legislators were paid in own coin
Since the beginning of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe, MDC legislators have displayed a sickeningly childish behaviour which is unbecoming of an opposition party anywhere. The lawmakers have sought to gain the electoral victory which eluded them in the ballot box on July 30 through unorthodox, unparliamentary and shameless behaviour that seems to border on retributive sabotage.
Multi-disciplinary VTCs on cards: ED . . . commissions two classroom blocks
Government, through the Lotteries and Gaming Board, has embarked on a programme of constructing multi-disciplinary vocational training colleges (VTCs) countrywide to equip secondary school leavers with essential technical skills, President Mnangagwa has said.
Buyanga wants Zim in UNSC
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga has written to United Nations Secretary-General Mr Antonio Guterres asking him to consider Zimbabwe for a seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanent member, saying the peace and stability the country has enjoyed over the years deserves such recognition.
Sanctions: No more kid’s gloves
The recent renewal of ZIDERA and sanctions against Zimbabwe by the US despite spirited and genuine re-engagement attempts by our leadership under ED is a clear slap in the face of our people . . .