Zimbabwean English-language teachers could be among the professionals to benefit from expanding economic cooperation with China, following discussions on a proposed trade-in-services agreement.
Addressing the media in Harare on Thursday, 17 September, Garwe stressed, however, that the Government was not seeking to stop people from earning a living, but to ensure that informal economic activity takes place lawfully, orderly and safely.
Zimbabwe is set to resume grain imports as it braces for a lower harvest due to an expected drought, just months after celebrating a sharp drop in maize imports.
The government has imposed operating hours for all legally registered vendors, limiting trading in central business districts to between 6am and 6pm and in residential areas to between 6am and 8pm.
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart says he shares residents’ concerns over the proposed involvement of Geo Pomona Waste Management in addressing the city’s waste crisis, saying council must first establish the terms and financial implications of the proposed arrangement.
