LOCAL NEWS

by Tinotenda Mutasa

Over the past week or so, Zimbabweans have been thrown into panic mode, over reports of rising prices and shortages of basic commodities, with some naysayers going as far as claiming that supermarket shelves were now predominantly empty. A snap survey conducted in local shops revealed a worrying trend whereby people could be seen hoarding commodities such as cooking oil and even fuel.

by Rudo Saungweme

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya has issued a monetary policy statement that addressed the topical issues of price hikes and foreign currency shortages among other things.

by Zivanai Dhewa

Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Sithembiso Nyoni is set to launch the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB)’s Small and Medium Enterprise support programme in Harare tomorrow.

by Derick Tsimba

In a development indicative of a government with its workers at heart, the Government through the tourism ministry intends to provide civil servants with holiday schemes aimed at promoting domestic tourism.

by Bruce Zvandasara

In its quest to nip corruption, Government has ordered a fresh forensic audit into ZESA’s alleged unprocedural conduct in the awarding of tenders after the preliminary report recently tabled before the Ministry of Energy and Power Development was reported to have been marred by collusions from ZESA staff.

by Gift Mashoko

African Development Bank has donated US$1.4million to Zimbabwe in support of the implementation of the innovative solutions to support livelihood of vulnerable communities projects (ISV-COM).

by Rudo Saungweme      

People from different strides of life are in anticipation of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) monetary policy statement which the Governor, Dr John Mangudya will present later today.

by Ashley Kondo

Opposition activists continue with attempts to poison the progressive socio-political environment which was ushered in by the new dispensation under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

by Chigumbu Warikandwa

The Zimbabwean government  assembled a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) mandated to investigate and make recommendations on past injustices in Zimbabwe. The need to set up this Commission was necessitated by the disquiet brewed by the post independence violence which continues to divide Zimbabweans.

by Gift Mashoko

MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa together with MDC Alliance supporters today, conducted a clean-up campaign in Glenview following the cholera outbreak which broke out weeks back.