Zim economy in fast lane — President

Zimbabwe’s economy is arguably the fastest growing on the African continent this year due to sound policies being implemented by the Second Republic, President Mnangagwa has said.

Flats, houses for demolition victims

GOVERNMENT has started building blocks of flats and houses to accommodate some of the over 30 000 families who were affected by demolitions or had built on wetlands and irregular settlements countrywide.

Covid-19 risk in schools limited: Govt

Government says it is satisfied there is limited risk of Covid-19 outbreaks in schools during the final term of the year following preparations for the safe reopening of learning institutions which have been ongoing over the last three months.

IMF funds targeted for industry

A portion of the US$961 million received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the form of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) could be used to extend concessionary loans to industry.

Child marriages: Offenders should face jail

Child marriages, which are generally arranged marriages involving younger girls barely out of primary school and older men who are prepared to pay a respectable deposit on lobola, are an unmitigated evil that, regrettably, tend to have been accepted in some communities and families.

Africa learns nothing from history

AFTER every great party, usually long after the music would have given way to melancholic silence and the occasional clinking sound of stray bottles being cleared, it is often the splitting headache the morning after that signals the long journey to sobriety.

MASTERMIND BURIED

THE Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation has described the late George Shaya as a hero whose death has robbed the country of its finest football talent.

Perverts on the prowl . . .as sex pests target minors

While the coronavirus-induced lockdowns have managed to tame runaway fatalities and infections, they have unfortunately led to an unwanted consequence of soaring child abuse cases.

IMF funds to power Zim’s economic agenda

The US$961 million boost received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week will give impetus to the country’s economic programmes guided by the five-year National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and help anchor the prevailing macroeconomic stability and boost confidence, officials and market watchers have said.

$2 billion disbursed for devolution

GOVERNMENT has disbursed more than $2 billion towards multiple high-impact infrastructure development projects under the devolution programme during the first half of the year.

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