Charles Rukuni

Senator Sengezo Tshabangu yesterday expressed dismay at the pace at which the government is constructing the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road saying at the current pace it will take 67 years to complete the road.

Zimbabweans will soon be able to change their ZiG to United States dollars and vice-versa on their mobile phones, Deputy Finance Minister David Kuda Mnangagwa told the Senate yesterday.

Quarterly taxes, which are due next month, will force businesses to sell a quota of their products or services in ZiG because the central bank will not be able to supply all the ZiG that they want as they will be compelled to pay half their taxes in local currency.

Africans must now tell their own stories because if they continue to denigrate themselves they will be playing into the hands of those who control

Twenty-five white Zimbabwean farmers who took their R2 billion land damages claim to the South African courts after allegedly being denied access to the Zimbabwean courts lost the case at Constitutional Court because it had prescribed, that is, it was now out of time.

Zimbabwe's currency, the ZiG, kicked off the week on a positive note after firming to 13.4823 from a low of 13.6757 a week ago.

More than half of Zimbabwe's population will need food aid between this month and March next year, the Zimbabwe government says, but the private sector has the capacity to import enough grain.

The stability of Zimbabwe's local currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), is critical if the country wants to reduce demand for the use of the United States dollar.

Zimbabwe will be issuing 7.5 kg of grain a month to each of the six million people that are in need of food in the rural areas, making a total of 46 000 tonnes, Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka told Parliament yesterday.

The Zimbabwe Gold, ZiG, continued to firm against the United States dollar ending the week at 13.3975 up from 13.4825 at the beginning of the week.