adminNash 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.
‘Govt working on stabilising economy’
THE Government will continue to create a stable operating environment for business to curtail price increases that have the negative effect of eroding the purchasing power of incomes while putting pressure on inflation, a senior official said.
DeMbare striker set for SA trial
BUSTLING striker Tinashe Makanda is set to become the latest Dynamos player to try his luck across the borders after he was invited for assessment by an unnamed South African side.
Journeying towards Vision 2030, agriculturally
Zimbabwe is an agrarian economy with most of the country’s sectors being directly and indirectly linked to the agricultural subsector. Based on these linkages, it is imperative that the sector performs well to breathe economic life into the rest of the economic sectors and ultimately the overall economy.
Rural industrialisation key to attainment of Vision 2030
The logical start for agriculture is Vision 2030 as enunciated by President Mnangagwa, that is, Zimbabwe must emerge as a prosperous, empowered and diversified upper middle income society. Broadly, agriculture…