Zimbabwe Situation

Rutendo Nyeve, Sunday News Reporter THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has beefed up its manpower at the country’s borders to ensure smooth movement of goods and people as the festive season beckons. The Beitbridge Border Post is the busiest point of entry in the country which experiences witnesses a surge in both human and vehicular […] …
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Judith Phiri, Business Reporter THE Government has reaffirmed its commitment to support the digitalisation agenda, with $56,7 billion to be allocated in 2023 from the budget to cater for various e-Government programmes. The global digital economy continues to impact every sector and the daily lives of people, accounting for 15,5 percent of the world’s overall […] …
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Robin Muchetu, Senior Reporter THERE is consensus that the Second Republic has done more for the people of Matabeleland in the area of infrastructure development that brings services closer to communities’ doorsteps in the five years that it has assumed power, compared to what the First Republic did since independence.  This comes amid encouragement for the […] …
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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief FROM being just a bare piece of land a few months ago, Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme has evolved into a productive tract of land raising hopes of the community. The irrigation scheme, which had remained a pipe dream for 87 years, finally came to life in June when the farmers […] …
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Source: Education ministry allocation peanuts: MPs –Newsday Zimbabwe Finance minister Mthuli Ncube LEGISLATORS feel that the Primary and Secondary Education ministry’s 2023 budget allocation of $787,8 billion (US$1,2 billion) is so inadequate that it will be gobbled up by salaries. The Members of Parliament (MPs) also said Finance minister Mthuli Ncube failed to allocate funds […] …
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Source: Explosives smuggling rife: Zacc –Newsday Zimbabwe Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo ZIMBABWEANS are reportedly smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in neighbouring South Africa, NewsDay has leant. Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo revealed this during a high-level National Anti-Corruption Strategy (Nacs) steering committee meeting held in Harare yesterday. “Recently explosives were also […] …
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Source: Zanu PF defends MPs’ US$40k windfall –Newsday Zimbabwe ZANU PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa ZANU PF national spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday defended the US$40 000 housing loan facility for legislators saying the money was not even enough. Government has offered a US$40 000 housing loan to each sitting Member of Parliament (MP), US$500 000 […] …
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Source: EU envoy meets Zanu PF, CCC –Newsday Zimbabwe EUROPEAN Union (EU) human rights envoy Eamon Gilmore has met the ruling Zanu PF and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders as the European bloc ratchets pressure on Harare to conduct credible polls in 2023. Gilmore is Ireland’s former Deputy Prime Minister, and former […] …
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Source: New HIV infections drop 8,4% –Newsday Zimbabwe National Aids Council NEW HIV infections in the country dropped from 25 000 in 2020 to 22 800, which translates to 8,4%, in 2021, National Aids Council chief executive officer Bernard Madzima said yesterday. Madzima said this at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera during Worlds Aids Day commemorations, […] …
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Source: Buyanga goes to Supreme Court | The Herald Frank Buyanga Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter SOUTH AFRICAN-based Zimbabwe businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi has approached the Zimbabwe Supreme Court challenging the decision by a High Court judge who rejected to recuse himself from the application by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for a review of […] …
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