Month: July 2023
IMF forecasts global growth to slow to 3.0 pct in 2023, 2024
Growth in emerging markets and developing economies is expected to pick up with year-on-year growth accelerating from 3.1 percent in 2022 to 4.1 percent this year and next. NEW YORK, July 25 (Xinhua) — Global growth is projected to fall from an estimated 3.5 percent in 2022 to 3.0 percent in 2023 and 2024, and […]
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Duty free cars for retired senior civil servants
RETIRED senior public servants can now import cars with the maximum set between US$40 000 and US$60 000, depending on grade, within five years of retirement following the gazetting of Statutory Instrument 134 of 2023 by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube on Monday. This follow the regulations last year allowing civil servants in the […]
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President delights Matabeleland North
Matabeleland North has had a period to remember in the last six years with Government championing several developmental projects in the province and voters are keen to see this continued after August 23. These sentiments were expressed by a cross-section of citizens who have gathered at Ndangababi Primary School in Hwange East Constituency ahead of […]
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Corruption: Ex-Zinara boss loses houses, cars
FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku and his wife Nyasha, have lost their two upmarket houses, a fleet of vehicles and shares in two businesses believed to have been bought from proceeds of corruption, after the High Court granted State application for civil forfeiture. The forfeiture of Chitukutuku assets in a […]
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WATCH: Second Republic walks the talk
THE Second Republic continues to display a groundbreaking commitment to leaving no one and no place behind in its development agenda with a major focus being on areas that were deemed marginalised, especially in the Matabeleland region. The region is witnessing massive infrastructural developments. Local resources, through budgetary allocations, are being used to implement most […]
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Archbishop Guti ‘a deserving national hero’
President Mnangagwa has declared national hero status on the late founder of the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa Forward in Faith, Archbishop Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti, saying “his works are evident for all to see and everybody knows the great works he did”. Apart from evangelism, Archbishop Guti spearheaded the provision of social services in the […]
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President leaves for Russia
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected in Russia today to join more than 40 African heads of State and Governments for the Second Russia Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum that seeks to increase cooperation, entrench multilateralism, and tackle issues affecting the world. This year forum, that is being held under the theme, ‘For peace, security and development’ […]
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Huge crowd for Hippo Valley Croco Golf Day
Staff Writer AT LEAST 64 golfers from Masvingo, Harare, and Bulawayo battled it out at the Croco Motors Golf Day held at Hippo Valley Golf Club in Chiredzi over the weekend. The Croco Motors Golf Day, which is mainly organised for its clients, returned to the local golfing scene this year after a long break […]
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Muchinguri-Kashiri in Turkiye for IDEF
The Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri is in Turkiye for a week-long International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) which starts today. Minister Muchinguri-Kashiri is also expected to make key engagements of national interest with various stakeholders during the week. IDEF is one of the four largest defence industry fairs in the world […]
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Government commissions 30-hectare irrigation scheme
GOVERNMENT has completely transformed the lives of villagers in Ward 9 under Umguza District in Matabeleland North following the establishment of a 30-hectare irrigation scheme in Redwood, which was commissioned yesterday. This comes as the Second Republic has made food security a top priority and is working towards a US$8,2 billion agriculture industry economy, contributing […]
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