Prosper Ndlovu in Niamey, Niger PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has arrived in Niamey, Niger in West Africa to attend the African Union (AU) Heads of States and Government Summit on Industrialisation and Economic Transformation, which kicks off here today. He was welcomed at the Diori Hamani International Airport at 6am Zimbabwean time by Niger Prime Minister, Ouhaumoudou […] …
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Monthly Archives: November 2022
Ncube raises VAT, restores duty on basics in ‘sadistic and bankrupt’ 2023 budget
‘Sadly the budget presented today was a banal self-serving ritual in narcissism’ …
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Budget for stability, development
Harare Bureau The main thrust of the National Budget for next year given yesterday by Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube was to accelerate economic development, find more money to give civil servants a better deal, and ensure the that wide range of people needing help get it. At the same time the […] …
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Intwasa/Pfumvudza transforms widow’s life
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief A 72-year-old Gokwe widow who used to be a beggar is poor no more, thanks to the Intwasa/Pfumvudza climate-proofed farming method that has made her life a success story in her district. The woman, a mother of three, dug 10 000 Pfumvudza/Intwasa holes with her children at her four-hectare plot […] …
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Government sets aside $1,2 billion for sports facilities
Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter RENOVATIONS at the National Sports Stadium are set to be accelerated next year after the Government set aside ZW$1,2 billion for rehabilitation of sporting facilities across the country. The other facilities that will benefit from the budget allocation are Bulawayo’s Khumalo Hockey Stadium which has been playing host to international […] …
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Civil servants get lion’s share of 2023 budget
Harare Bureau SALARIES for civil servants are set to go up markedly after the Government allocated the biggest chunk of the 2023 National Budget towards the public sector wage bill to cushion workers from the negative impact of global and domestic economic shocks and price increases. Presenting the $4,2 trillion National Budget for 2023 at […] …
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Harare North MP sues Zec after denial of electronic voters roll
The voters’ roll has been the hot button point of Zimbabwe’s disputed elections …
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Lightning strike kills 2 in Harare in rare incident in urban area
Zimbabwe has most deaths from a single lightning incident, according to the Guinness Book of World Records …
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Sikhala seeks recusal of trial magistrate who labelled him a criminal
Miti told the veteran politician that the number of times he claims to have been arrested actually presented him as an “incorrigible” offender …
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‘Economic stability anchor of elections’
The President follows proceedings before delivering the State Of the Nation Address yesterday. — Picture: Innocent Makawa. Fungi Kwaramba-Political Editor ZIMBABWEANS must jealously safeguard the prevailing economic stability, maintain peace and desist from illegal activities as the nation prepares to hold harmonised elections next year, President Mnangagwa said yesterday. Addressing a joint sitting of the […] …
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