adminPresident meets another Dubai investors delegation
A three-member delegation from one of the largest marine terminal operators in the world, DP World owned by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who are in Zimbabwe to set up logistics projects and a dry port, yesterday met President Mnangagwa.
Zesa in import substitution drive
Zesa is working with Mozambique and Zambia to add an extra 250MW of imports which will help with the winter peaks, while it is now moving into manufacturing of electricity pylons and assembling solar panels in the second half of the year through its Zesa Enterprises Manufacturing Division.
First Lady comes face-to-face with fruits of her works
FIRST LADY Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday came face-to-face with the fruits of her hard work after she was invited to a culture centre in Marlborough, Harare, which was built to reinforce her mission to mould morally-upright citizens through her all-encompassing and educative Gota/Nhanga/Ixhiba programme.
First Lady thanks India, Zim on Honorary PhD conferment
The First Lady, Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, and the First Family express heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation to all individuals and institutions which joined them in celebrating the conferment of honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree by the G. D Goenka University of India on the First Lady in recognition of her humanitarian and advocacy work on the girl child, women and marginalised communities of Zimbabwe.
Roadmap to attain WASH access in place
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has pledged the Government’s commitment and laid the roadmap to attaining universal access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) to global peers as prescribed by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Zim forges ahead with opening airwaves
Zimbabwe is forging ahead with opening of the airwaves to achieve digital rights through safeguarding citizens and content creators’ rights to free expression and access to information, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said yesterday.
Govt clarifies position on health workers strikes
Health services are critical and a basic public health good cannot be withdrawn from ordinary people because of labour disputes, Vice President and Health and Child Care Minister Constantino Chiwenga told Parliament when giving reasons for the Health Services Amendment Bill on Tuesday.
Govt recruits more teachers
More than half of the extra 10 000 teachers needed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education have now been recruited over the last couple of months.
Editorial Comment: CITES must follow science on elephant trade
Zimbabwe along with most of its regional neighbours, and especially Botswana, faces a severe and growing ecological crisis with far too many elephants for the available range, even though Southern African countries are very generous over how much land is set aside for elephants.
RBZ to launch collateral registry
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the collateral registry, a record keeping system for the existence of security, would be launched by the third quarter of this year.