US$4,7m shot in arm for smallholder farmers
According to the World Bank, last year fertiliser prices rose by 30% due to the conflict in Ukraine.
By Melody Chikono
Mar. 13, 2023
Parly appeals for more funds for prisons
“The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development should adequately provide funding for inmates’ uniforms, bedding and medical supplies by June 2023.”
By Harriet Chikandiwa
Mar. 6, 2023
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Court throws pensioner into the gutter
A HARARE High Court judge this week literally threw a pensioner into the gutter after he challenged a controversial government exchange control directive.
By Desmond Chingarande
Mar. 1, 2023
Zim’s budget opens door for growth, but ...
Global food price pressures underpinning the surge in inflation have been showing signs of easing for some time now.
By Jonathan Munemo
Feb. 15, 2023
Govt borrows US$88m from project contractor
GOVERNMENT has signed a US$88 million loan deal with Fossil Mines (Private) Limited for the construction of the Mbudzi Interchange in Harare.
By Staff Reporter
Feb. 9, 2023
Treasury owes ‘ID blitz’ staff millions of dollars
The amount, sources told this publication, was higher than US$60 for workers deployed in far-flung areas such as Binga in Matabeleland North.
By Tinashe Kairiza
Jan. 20, 2023
Free education ‘political banter’: Analysts
The analysts said the programme was unsustainable as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s 2023 national budget statement did not make provisions for it.
By Lorraine Muromo and Vanessa Gonye
Jan. 5, 2023
Teachers hit back at Mthuli over salaries
Unions representing teachers yesterday hit back at Finance minister Mthuli Ncube for shooting down proposals by civil servants for better conditions of service.
By Harriet Chikandiwa
Dec. 29, 2022
Mthuli under fire over war vets payout
Mliswa also questioned why the number of war veterans had ballooned over four-fold, from 34 000 in 1997 to 142 000 in 2022.
By Problem Masau
Dec. 27, 2022