WEEKLY NEWS ROUND-UP

Monday

The ZANU PF Government will ensure that all projects started under the Second Republic are completed on time and also accelerate the modernisation and industrialisation of rural areas, President Mnangagwa has said.

The President said rural areas will be prioritised in terms of funding from devolution and other related funds to improve the infrastructure and services to people living in those areas, in line with the mantra of leaving no one and no place behind.

Tuesday

As Zimbabwe and Belarus continue to upscale bilateral relations, there will be enhanced cooperation between the two countries in the agriculture sector through technology transfers targeting the dairy industry.

A Belarusian delegation led by General Victor Sheiman paid a courtesy call on President Mnangagwa at State House yesterday at the behest of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.

Wednesday

An Extraordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) yesterday endorsed Zimbabwe’s August 23-24 harmonised elections as “exemplary and a major victory for democracy”, and implored other countries in the region due to hold their polls later this year to emulate Harare.

Addressing the summit, held virtually and drawing Heads of State and Government from the region, SADC chairperson and Angolan leader, President Joao Lourenco, hailed Zimbabwe and the Kingdom of Eswatini for holding democratic elections, saying other countries due to hold polls had a lot to learn from the two countries.

Thursday

Heads will roll in corruptly and incompetently managed local authorities as Government is duty-bound to improve living conditions for urbanites, who have been receiving a raw deal from opposition-run councils, President Mnangagwa has said.

In line with the Government’s development thrust, President Mnangagwa said local authorities should speedily develop roadmaps towards the attainment of Vision 2030.

Friday

President Mnangagwa has encouraged Zimbabweans to “think beyond the present” and leverage on innovation and technology to become trailblazers of a modern economy by exploiting the massive economic opportunities in the country.

In the context of global socio-political and economic complications, which have recently seen disruption of critical global supply chains, to the detriment of commodity-reliant developing nations, President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa need to derisk their economies against global shocks, mineral price volatility and other vulnerabilities.

He was addressing guests and exhibitors during the opening of the 26th edition of the Mining, Engineering and Transport Expo in Bulawayo yesterday.