adminMinister Mutsvangwa hails China
Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Monica Mutsvangwa has applauded the Chinese community for their assistance in various local projects, which has led to mega deals and also spilled intoto cultural products that include a new movie that premiered in Harare on Sunday.
No talk shop – President
The Zimbabwe and South Africa Bi-National Commission, whose third session commenced yesterday, should not be a mere talk shop but a platform to transform the two countries’ economies, President Mnangagwa has said. He said Zimbabwe remained willing to promote and facilitate multi-dimensional trade and investment with South Africa.
RTGS to gain more value
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says the country’s financial situation is improving positively with the newly introduced RTGS dollar set to gain more value on the back of ongoing fiscal reforms and control of money supply into the market.
Illness grounds Serena Williams
INDIAN WELLS. — Serena Williams’ first tennis tournament since the Australian Open came to an abrupt end on Sunday as the ailing 23-time Grand Slam champion retired from her third-round WTA match against Garbine Muguruza at Indian Wells.
Sharif mourns plane crash victim
FORMER Warriors team manager Sharif Mussa, has been shocked by the death CAF match commissioner, Hussein Swaleh of Kenya, in a plane crash on Sunday morning.
IDBZ recapitalisation gathers pace
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe is looking at hiring a financial advisor to help raise as much as $1 billion in fresh capital through a partial privatisation.
SOS for Jewel’s heart surgery
Prominent arts manager and graphic designer Ezekiel “Spice” Manjengenja is seeking US$10 000 to take his one-year-old daughter, Jewel), to India for medical assistance.
$150m for student accommodation
GOVERNMENT has secured $150 million for the construction of students’ hostels at three local universities to ease accommodation challenges, a senior official has said. Lupane State University, Gwanda State University and Marondera State University will each get $50 million for construction of students’ hostels.
ED commissions major fibre optic link
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to commission TelOne’s multi-million-dollar fibre optic in Beitbridge. Information Communication Technology and Courier Services Minister Kazembe Kazembe told journalists on the sidelines of the International Telecommunications Union high profile meeting here yesterday that the commissioning of the fibre optic, which links Beitbridge with Harare and Bulawayo, was a milestone.
‘Black market can’t determine forex rates’
Government cannot allow itself to be influenced by the black market in determining foreign exchange rates on interbank transactions as the parallel market is run by a few individuals transacting on nominal amounts, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya has said.