adminRural folks embrace Covid-19 vaccination drive
COVID-19 vaccination roll-out has peaked in rural areas after a blitz of mass awareness programmes by the Government as well as the steady supply of the doses nationwide.
Boreholes to boost horticulture plan
Drilling more boreholes in communal areas under the Presidential Rural Horticulture Scheme, part of the broader Horticultural Recovery and Growth Plan, will be giving communities access to safe water for schools and households.
Mohadi calls for unity of structures
ZANU PF Vice President and Second Secretary, Cde Kembo Mohadi has called for unity of all structures as the party is on course to attain five million votes for President Mnangagwa in the 2023 harmonised elections.
$20bn agro bills to support farmers
AFC Land and Agriculture Development Bank together with Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) will raise $20 billion through agro bills.
Zanu PF indaba to go virtual
Zanu PF’s annual People’s Conference scheduled for October this year will be held virtually because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
National dress fabric available
THE national dress fabric which was launched in 2019 by President Mnangagwa is now available for sale in all the 10 provinces.
Hexco exams postponed
Government has postponed Higher Education Examination Council (HEXCO) examinations as a containment measure for the Covid-19 pandemic.
Private sector steps in to help with vaccines
More than 500 Mandebvu residents in Mt Hampden are set to receive vaccines against Covid-19 in a joint Seed Co, Cimas and Ministry of Health and Child Care vaccination programme.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Vaccination enters faster modes
The national vaccination programme is now moving into a much higher gear with vaccine supplies now secured and the vaccination teams managing to jab more than a third of a million arms each week, a rate that will see around 1,5 million doses used every month, with promises to speed this up further.
Covid-19 expected to top Thursday budget review
FISCAL policy measures to cushion the economy and citizens from the pummelling of the third wave of Covid-19 are expected to feature prominently when Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube, delivers his rescheduled midterm National Budget review to Parliament this Thursday.