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- April 10, 2019
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Masvingo council writes off debts
Walter Mswazie, Masvingo Correspondent Masvingo City Council is writing off outstanding bills for money owed by companies which have evidence of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Finance and General Purposes committee…
adminGukurahundi healing measures announced
Government has started implementing measures to ensure healing among victims of civil disturbances that rocked the Midlands and south-western provinces during the early years of Independence, in an operation infamously referred to as Gukurahundi.
‘Earthquake hit before Cyclone Idai’
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Chimanimani and Chipinge shortly before Cyclone Idai which left 344 people dead and destroyed property worth billions of dollars, Government has revealed.
President hosts Idai restoration indaba
President Mnangagwa will today host a round-table meeting of Government departments and corporate organisations working on Cyclone Idai infrastructure restoration and development with a view to speedily bring normalcy to the affected areas.
UPDATED: Zimdef looting loophole plugged
Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira has ordered the scrapping of a $250 000 annual “protocol” budget provided for the minister by the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) as he moves to stamp out corruption.
Mliswa, Ndebele exonerated
The parliamentary hearing into bribery allegations against four members of the National Assembly started yesterday with the complainant, Mr James Ross Goddard, exonerating Messrs Temba Mliswa and Anele Ndebele in his testimony, but incriminating two other legislators from the committee.
Mutasa, Mutinhiri bounce back
Former ZANU-PF secretary for Administration Cde Didymus Mutasa, who was yesterday officially welcomed back into the party, said he had been forced out of the ruling party by former president Robert Mugabe after criticising him for accepting his wife as a faction leader in the revolutionary party.
China calls for stronger ties
New Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Guo Shaochun has called for strong ties between the countries’ legislative bodies as a way of enhancing existing cordial relations.
Cabinet okays TelOne debt takeover
Government will soon complete the assumption of fixed telecommunications provider TelOne’s US$383 million legacy loans after Cabinet gave its thumbs-up.
Govt sets new producer prices
Government has set new producer prices for various crops for the 2019-2020 farming season reflective of the current economic situation and are expected to help farmers to execute their agricultural business.