Government
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Chad Social Media Ban Reaches 1 Year Mark With The Chadian Court Actually Approving The Blackout
Chadian President Idriss Deby (L)
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TelOne, NetOne to be Privatised
Government has intensified efforts to partially privatise telecommunication companies Telone and NetOne and is offering the two entities to potential investors as a joint package. Cabinet yesterday gave the nod to this arrangement after a presentation by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube. Public enterprise reforms are espoused in Government’s Transitional Stabilisation Programme…
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Meng Wanzhou, Huawei CFO Sues Canadian Government Over Arrest
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese technology company Huawei, is suing the Canadian government, its border agency and the national police force over her high-profile detention. Meng claims they detained, searched and interrogated her before telling her she was under arrest. Lawyers for Meng said that they had filed a notice of civil claim in…
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Powertel Communications Rescues ZESA Infrastructure
Powertel Communications has come to the rescue of the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC) with Internet of Things (IoT) products that will see the utility saving millions of dollars lost in the past owing to vandalism that has been rampant on the national electricity grid infrastructure. Speaking on this development, Powertel Marketing Manager Prosper Mutswiri…
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Zim Govt National Data Centre Project 95% Almost Completion
The government says the National Data Centre Project is nearing completion and has called on industry and the continent to invest more in data centers given their importance to regional economies. The Deputy Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Dr Jenfan Muswere said they are forging ahead with the implementation of the national data center project which…
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Government welcomes scientifically based healthcare tariffs proposal
Deputy Health and Childcare Minister Aldrin Musiiwa has commended the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) and the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) for pursuing a scientifically based fees tariff that is fair to all parties. “As government we expect that this will bring to an end the perennial quarrels over fees and bring much…
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Government, UN partnership robust: Sibanda
By Byron Mutingwende Contrary to the notion that there is acrimony between the Zimbabwean government and the United Nations country office, the partnership is robust, a senior government official has said. This emerged at a press briefing on the sidelines of a high level meeting jointly convened today by the Government and the…
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Multi-stakeholder collaboration addressing severe effects of drought
By Byron Mutingwende The coordinated multi-stakeholder response to the severe effects of drought has gone a long way in reducing the vulnerability of both rural and urban dwellers grappling with food shortages and challenges of malnutrition. The El Nino – induced drought has led to a serious surge in food insecurity and hunger…
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Government must urgently address health issues to meet SDGs
By Byron Mutingwende Health is a basic fundamental human right recognised under the global development agenda as one of the crucial priorities that governments must address. Speaking at a meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), John Ngirazi, the Executive Chairperson of the Community Working Group on Health (CWGH)said that the health sector…
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Government has no will to institute electoral reforms: CSOs
By Byron Mutingwende Civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed concern over the half-hearted attempts and lack of political will to reform the laws and institutions governing the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe. This emerged at an All Stakeholders Conference coordinated by the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Bulawayo early this week to…