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Source: Let’s live in harmony: VP Chiwenga – herald

Mukudzei Chingwere in HWEDZA

VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has encouraged people to embrace love, unity and harmony, saying these values are essential for strong families, peaceful communities and a lasting legacy.

He was speaking yesterday at a memorial service for his late mother, Gogo Veronica Chivaraidze Chiwenga, held at his rural home in Hwedza.

He used the occasion to honour his mother’s life and the values she instilled in her family, while highlighting the importance of family and unity in society.

Among those who attended the memorial service were Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Advocate Itayi Ndudzo, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona, as well as senior Government and ZANU PF officials.

VP Chiwenga said the family was more than a place of belonging, describing it as the first school where children learn morals, respect, faith and responsibility.

“People should love one another. My mother was a loving person who loved everyone and that is how we were brought up,” said VP Chiwenga.

“Let’s live in love and harmony, and let us all live a good legacy. Love is what holds families together.

“Love helps societies remain peaceful and united even when faced with differences.

“Those roots shape not only our identity, but how we respond to life’s challenges. Unity is a social responsibility, built through how we treat one another.”

VP Chiwenga said his late mother’s teachings on love, discipline and respect had shaped the family and continued to produce positive results.

“My mother’s teachings brought us up well. For instance, all my sisters were married honourably and went on to build respectable families.

“This outcome was not by chance, but a clear reflection of the values she instilled in us – of love, discipline and respect – showing that the foundation she laid through her guidance continues to bear good results even today,” said VP Chiwenga.

VP Chiwenga described his late mother as a woman whose kindness extended beyond her relatives to everyone she encountered.

He also thanked his uncles and other family members for organising the memorial service, saying it demonstrated the love, unity and support within the family.

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Source: Foreign currency inflows surge 48% to record $10.7B as ZiG inflation drops to 3.2%, signalling Zimbabwe’s economic turnaround – herald

Business Reporter

Zimbabwe’s economic stabilisation measures are beginning to yield tangible results, with record foreign currency receipts and low, stable inflation pointing to an improving macroeconomic environment.

According to FBC Securities Economic Snapshot for July, foreign currency receipts surged 47,8 percent to a record US$10,72 billion in the first half of the year, up from US$7,25 billion during the same period last year.

Export proceeds accounted for US$7,53 billion of total earnings, rising 90,7 percent year-on-year.

Diaspora remittances also increased 41,4 percent to US$1,55 billion, while foreign direct investment more than doubled to US$269,9 million, providing additional support to the external position.

At the same time, annual ZiG inflation fell to 3,2 percent in July from 4,7 percent in June, while monthly inflation eased to 0,1 percent from 0,6 percent.

Last year, annual ZiG inflation peaked at 95.8 percent in July, before plunging to a three-decade low in January this year.

The report attributed the low-inflation environment to prudent monetary management, fiscal discipline and relative exchange-rate stability.

The stronger inflows have also improved Zimbabwe’s external position, with the current account recording a surplus of about US$616 million.

The report projects the economy to grow 5 percent this year, although it cautions that power constraints, debt, climate risks and reliance on mineral exports remain key vulnerabilities.

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Source: Zanu-PF undertakes digital registration programme – herald

Joseph Madzimure, joseph.madzimure@zimpapers.co.zw

ZANU-PF has launched a data-cleaning exercise to strengthen efforts to verify its membership database as part of the ongoing digitalisation programme being implemented across all provinces.

The ruling party is rolling out its Cell Digitisation Programme to modernise its membership databases and enhance grassroots political coordination.

The party is moving away from paper cell registers to dynamic, computerised databases to ascertain precise membership numbers and track growth.

Speaking at the Harare Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting yesterday, Zanu-PF Secretary for Economic Affairs, Lieutenant-General (Retired) Engelbert Rugeje, said the digitalisation programme had made significant progress, but acknowledged challenges involving records that had failed to upload or pass system verification.

“The sole agenda of the meeting was to launch the data cleansing exercise ourselves,” he said.

Lt-Gen (Rtd) Rugeje identified incorrect National ID numbers, data capture errors and instances where the same member appeared in more than one cell as some of the factors contributing to verification failures and subsequent system rejection.

He stressed that such errors can occur during any large-scale data exercise and said the immediate task was to identify, verify and correct the discrepancies.

“The data cleaning exercise is therefore aimed at ensuring that the party’s membership records are accurate, properly verified and free from duplication and data capture errors, strengthening the integrity and reliability of the digital membership database,” Lt-Gen (Rtd) Rugeje said.

Speaking at the same meeting, Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairman Cde Godwills Masimirembwa confirmed that in Harare, close to 70 000 out of a total of more than 500 000 members have errors.

“We held an extraordinary Provincial Coordinating Committee meeting following a directive to do so by the National Political Commissar, Cde Munyaradzi Machacha.

“When we compiled our membership list, mistakes were made. A wrong ID is put against a person’s name or the person’s name is wrongly spelt. So we have some names in Harare, close to 70 000 out of our over 500 000 members, which have errors and as such they don’t match which means they cannot be captured into our computer database,” said Cde Masimirembwa.

He added: “So the purpose of this exercise is to go to each admin district, each constituency, each branch, each cell, to correct the information that was incorrectly captured .

“So teams are being put in place: our admin district coordinators and then the experts who will actually be doing the data capturing and the corrections,” said Cde Masimirembwa.
Dr Rugeje will be supervising the exercise in Harare.

“In each of our 30 constituencies, six experts are being deployed to do this exercise.

“Zanu-PF is so particular in the matters that affect the state of the party, and the critical state of the party is, of course, the membership,” added Cde Masimirembwa.

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Source: Govt moves to develop national after-care policy – herald

Sekai Manyere

Herald Reporter

THE Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has started developing a national after-care policy to support young people transitioning into independent living.

A care leaver is a young person who has grown up in foster care, kinship care, or a residential children’s home and has aged out of the system.

The initiative is expected to provide a structured framework to assist young adults in areas such as education, employment, housing, healthcare and psychosocial support.

Speaking at a stakeholder engagement meeting in Harare yesterday, Acting Director for Social Development Mr Totamirepi Tirivavi said the policy development process reflected the need for a coordinated and multi-sectoral approach to supporting children and young people in alternative care.

He said many young people leaving care institutions faced challenges that included financial insecurity, limited employment opportunities and a lack of identity documents.

“While some young people navigate this transition successfully, many face hurdles that necessitate a structured, coordinated national approach,” said Mr Tirivavi.

Effective after-care requires collaboration among Government ministries, development partners, civil society organisations and communities, he added.

“Effective after-care cannot rest on one ministry or institution alone. Collaboration is essential,” he said.

Mr Tirivavi encouraged stakeholders to actively contribute recommendations that would help address service gaps and shape a sustainable national after-care  framework.

“We value your input, as it will significantly shape the development of sustainable after-care policies,” he said.

The programme is being supported by various stakeholders, including SOS Children’s Villages and the Zimbabwe Care Leavers Network (ZICLAN).

ZICLAN representative Mr Darlington Chaparadza said leaving care should be viewed as a process rather than a once-off event.

Mr Chaparadza, who has lived experience as a care leaver, said many young people struggled to integrate into society due to inadequate support systems.

He said the organisation was committed to ensuring that care leavers received the support needed to successfully transition into adulthood.

The policy initiative follows a national study involving more than 400 participants, which documented challenges faced by caregivers and care-experienced young people.

“We have documented primary lived experience challenges to inform national legislative frameworks,” said Mr Chaparadza.

He said ZICLAN would continue working closely with the Department of Social Development to promote the rights and welfare of care leavers through life-skills training, mentorship programmes and housing support.

“This is not just a tick-box exercise for officials; we need to ensure that reintegrated youth are truly ready,” he said.

Mr Chaparadza said the organisation was advocating for stronger inter-ministerial partnerships, standardised care protocols and dedicated budget allocations to support young people after they leave care institutions.

The proposed national after-care policy is expected to strengthen community reintegration and ensure vulnerable young people are not left behind as they transition into independent living.

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Source: Gold deliveries hit 26 tonnes as small miners lead charge – herald

Business Reporter

Zimbabwe’s gold deliveries to State-run buyer Fidelity Gold Refinery reached 26,05 tonnes during the first seven months of 2026, driven by output from small-scale and artisanal miners.

Official figures show small-scale producers accounted for 18,4 tonnes, representing about 70,6 percent of total deliveries between January and July — while primary producers delivered 7,64 tonnes.

Delivery volume expanded significantly in the second quarter, reaching a peak in June when total monthly purchases hit 4,81 tonnes, the official figures show. During that month, small-scale producers and artisanal miners delivered 3,58 tonnes, while primary producers contributed 1,22 tonnes.

Primary producers recorded month-on-month gains, with monthly deliveries rising from 0,808 tonnes in January to a peak of 1,229 tonnes in June.

Small-scale deliveries rebounded sharply from a low of 1,748 tonnes in March before reaching peak levels in June. With 26,05 tonnes delivered by the end of July, the mining sector remains on track to meet the targets of 55 tonnes this year.

Gold remains Zimbabwe’s single largest foreign currency earner, playing a critical role in national revenue generation and macroeconomic stability.

Beyond export revenues, physical bullion reserves held by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe serve as the primary anchor backing the domestic currency, ZiG, ensuring exchange rate support and domestic market stability.

Although artisanal miners account for the bulk of volume, the primary mining sector is undergoing significant capital expansion.

To boost primary output, the sector is attracting substantial investment into large-scale developments.

Leading these capital deployment initiatives is the landmark Bilboes gold project, alongside major syndicated loan facilities arranged by local commercial banks to fund plant modernization and underground mine expansion.

The syndicated facilities are strengthening balance sheets and enabling primary producers to scale up processing capacity.

Meanwhile, Fidelity has taken fresh steps to reinforce the integrity of Zimbabwe’s gold value chain by partnering with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to strengthen ethical leadership and corruption prevention, with members of its Integrity Committee signing Integrity Pledges as part of the initiative.

The Integrity Pledges were signed during a two-day Integrity Workshop held recently at Cresta Lodge Msasa in Harare.

The workshop brought together members of Fidelity’s Integrity Committee, board members, senior management and ZACC officials to strengthen ethical leadership, enhance corporate governance and reinforce corruption prevention measures across the organisation.

The initiative forms part of Fidelity’s broader governance agenda to strengthen institutional resilience, enhance public confidence and support Zimbabwe’s national anti-corruption efforts.

By embedding integrity into its organisational culture and promoting personal accountability at every level, Fidelity aims to safeguard transparency and accountability across the country’s gold value chain.

Officially opening the workshop, Fidelity general manager, Mr Peter Magaramombe, said the training reflected Fidelity’s unwavering commitment to ethical leadership and sound corporate governance.

“As the national gold refinery, Fidelity plays a critical role in the gold value chain,” he said, “We understand that for Zimbabwe to fully benefit from its mineral resources, we must uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency and accountability.

“Corruption has no place in the mining sector because it erodes value, discourages investment and robs the nation and its people of development.”

Mr Magaramombe said the workshop had come at a critical time as Fidelity deepens its systems to seal operational leakages and promote ethical conduct throughout the gold value chain.

Delivering the keynote address, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission executive secretary, Advocate Shepherd Manhivi, underscored the importance of integrity in building resilient institutions and safeguarding national resources.

“Integrity is the foundation upon which strong institutions are built,” he said. “It is not merely about complying with policies and procedures, but about consistently making ethical decisions and upholding accountability in the execution of our duties. Organisations that cultivate a culture of integrity are better positioned to prevent corruption, inspire public confidence and contribute meaningfully to national development,” said Advocate Manhivi.

He commended Fidelity for taking a proactive approach to corruption prevention through continuous integrity training and institutional capacity building, describing the initiative as a demonstration of leadership in promoting ethical governance within Zimbabwe’s mining sector.

As the country’s sole gold refinery, the company recognises that protecting the integrity of the gold value chain is essential to building investor confidence, safeguarding national resources and ensuring Zimbabwe derives maximum value from its mineral wealth.

Throughout the two-day workshop, participants received practical training on corruption prevention, integrity management, ethical leadership, corporate governance, corruption risk identification, conflict of interest management, whistleblower protection and the implementation of effective anti-corruption systems.

The sessions also provided practical guidance on embedding integrity into organisational culture and strengthening accountability across all levels of the business.

A key highlight of the workshop was the signing of Integrity Pledges by members of Fidelity’s Integrity Committee, committing themselves to upholding the highest standards of transparency and accountability.

The pledges affirm each member’s personal responsibility to champion ethical conduct, prevent corruption and promote a culture of integrity throughout the organisation.

Through its partnership with ZACC, Fidelity continues to strengthen its governance systems and institutional resilience while supporting national efforts to combat corruption.

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