adminNational project status speeds up steel plant
The granting of national project status to the $1 billion Manhize Steel plant near Mvuma will help speed up the setting of key infrastructure with the plant now expected to be operational as early as next year.
Zanu PF Women’s League conference roars into life
ALL roads lead to the Harare International Conference Centre today for the 7th Zanu PF Women’s League elective conference, which constitutionally takes place after every five years, with at least 2 500 delegates expected.
Leave President out of this, Judge tells Chihuri
HIGH Court Judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has told former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to stop dragging President Mnangagwa’s name into his dispute with the Prosecutor-General, who is seeking forfeiture of Chihuri family properties.
President heads to the Midlands
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today tour and commission new equipment at three companies in Gweru as part of the country’s modernisation and industrialisation process.
Nash wants school fees in US$ converted on payment
Secondary schools want to be allowed to peg fees in US dollars, with those parents paying in local currency doing so at the official exchange rate on the day of payment, to guard against having their budgets eroded by inflation and rising prices of goods and services.
Govt announces transformative agriculture sector measures
AT least 2,7 million communal households will benefit from 35 000 two-wheel tractors replacing the traditional hoe and plough system in a transformative move by Government set to change lives and livelihoods across the country.
ZACC saves US$20m from abuse by local authorities
ROWDY CCC councillors, uncomfortable with scrutiny into their books, disrupted a meeting by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in Chinhoyi yesterday as the country’s anti-graft body continues to clamp down on abuse of funds by local authorities.
Fake abductions trial continues
TWO men who installed CCTV cameras at a food outlet in Belgravia, Harare, where CCC members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri allegedly bought food late in the afternoon they allegedly claimed to have been abducted by the police, are expected to testify in court today.
Road construction boom props up local industries
THE economy is undergoing a silent construction boom on the back of increased business activity underlined by the Second Republic’s emphasis and deliberate strategies to grow the economy, industry players have noted.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Covid-19 guard needs to be maintained
The infection rates of Covid-19 have fallen, but they have not gone away with just under 100 new infections a day and 17 deaths in the past week, so Cabinet’s double decision to end the curfew, but double down on other measures reflects the reality.