WEEKLY NEWS ROUND-UP

Monday

Joint regional celebrations of the World Children’s Day are a source of innovation and inspiration as they demonstrate what is possible when communities, the political leadership and young people come together, President Mnangagwa has said.

The President said this last night in remarks delivered on his behalf by Vice President Kembo Mohadi in Walvis Bay, Namibia, during commemorations of the World Children’s Day.

Tuesday Collaboration involving Government, the private sector and local authorities should be scaled up for the development of modern, densified housing projects that adequately serve and cater for all people in the spirit of leaving no place and no one behind, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.

Towards providing modern houses with requisite ancillary services, President Mnangagwa introduced the Zimbabwe National Human Settlements Policy, which, among other goals, seeks to facilitate the development of new houses and regenerate derelict housing units, towards creating an upper middle-class society by 2030.

Wednesday

The Government has given the Harare City Council a seven-day ultimatum to decisively deal with vendors plying their trade at non-designated spots as this is aiding the cholera outbreak.

Failure to do this will result in Government moving in to institute relevant corrective measures, as President Mnangagwa’s

Thursday

The Zimbabwe Lands Commission has completed its land audit, coming up with a Land Information Management System that will tackle issues which include multiple farm ownership and double allocations, with President Mnangagwa receiving the final report yesterday.

The commission audited 254 538 farms countrywide, with focus on land allocation, distribution of beneficiaries by farm categories, where they come from, investment made by the beneficiaries, production, land management, environmental management and provision of social services.

Friday

Zimbabwe, as a land-linked country, continues to benefit from use of Mozambican ports, railways and road infrastructure for the movement of both imports and exports, and, in that regard, the commissioning of the newly rehabilitated million Beira-Machipanda railway line will reduce transportation costs of cargo between the two countries and the region, President Mnangagwa has said.

Speaking at the commissioning of the railway line in Manica, Mozambique, yesterday, the President, who was guest of honour at the event, said not only will the rehabilitated 318-kilometre railway line reduce transport costs but will also ease congestion at the Forbes Border Post in Mutare, which is presently handling between 300 and 500 trucks per day.