No More Overseas Treatment For Senior Govt Officials – Chiwenga

8th September 2020 THE government will no longer avail foreign currency to assist cabinet ministers and other senior officials seek medical treatment in state-of-the-art health facilities outside Zimbabwe, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. Speaking in his capacity as Health Minister Monday, Chiwenga told the media at his New Munhumutapa government offices that the state [...]

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Tugwi-Mukosi master plan: 25,000 hectares to be put under irrigation

8 Sep 2020 GOVERNMENT says it is expediting the finalisation of the Tugwi -Mukosi dam Master Plan to ensure irrigation begins within the next year. Following its completion and subsequent official commissioning in 2017, expectations were high that the Tugwi-Mukosi dam would start being utilised given its strategic importance to the country’s food security. However, [...]

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ANC ‘second coming’ an opportunity to set record straight says Zanu PF

September 8, 2020 ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu says the ruling party is itching to meet its South African counterparts to set the record straight on misinformation peddled by G-40 elements and anti-government critics. The ruling party is expected to its meet South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) leadership in Harare on Wednesday. [...]

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ZCDC boss resigns amid claims of political interference

8 Sep 2020 MUTARE – The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Mining Company (ZCDC)’s acting chief executive, Robert De Pretto, has resigned amid allegations of frustration and continuous political interference. De Pretto, who recently told legislators during a workshop in the eastern border town that he was shocked by the level of poverty and underdevelopment in Chiadzwa [...]

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VP Chiwenga restructures Health Ministry

08 Sep, 2020  The Health and Child Care Ministry is being restructured with a new sustainable funding model, far greater effectiveness, and a new work ethic for staff under plans outlined yesterday by the Minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. In streamlining and expanding the operations of the ministry, but without adding to numbers with the [...]

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Parliament signs 3 MoUs

08 Sep, 2020  Parliament yesterday signed three memoranda of understanding with ActionAid Zimbabwe, Silveira House and Women in Law Southern Africa as part of a programme to partner with non-governmental organisations. Since the beginning of the year, Parliament has signed such agreements with 16 organisations to capacitate the institution and parliamentarians to carry out their [...]

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$2.9bn for water, sanitation

08 Sep, 2020  Urban and rural councils will share $2.9 billion to boost water and sanitation with special priority on ensuring every school has a borehole. Announcing the new disbursement of devolution funds, Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo said every local authority was expected to receive its share before the end of the [...]

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Assets/investments valuation dilemma for pensions and insurance sector

7 Sep 2020 DETERMINING the value of assets or investments has become a nightmare for the country’s insurance and pensions industry in view of the prevailing currency volatility, which makes harmonisation of business models difficult as entities seek to hedge against inflation, industry experts have said. While the local currency is inching towards stability at [...]

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