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Zimbabwe: Constitution – Mnangagwa Power Play ‘A Great Betrayal of People’ 8 hours ago By Miriam Mangwaya President Emmerson Mnangagwa is repeating mistakes made by his predecessor Robert Mugabe by seeking to amend the constitution to entrench his rule, political analysts have warned. Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF have been pushing through Parliament a raft of amendments to the supreme law, that critics say will result in the creation of an imperial presidency. Zanu PF has received th...

Outsourcing Stats SA’S functions or imposing hefty budget cuts a bad move By Opinion By Pali Lehohla MARIANA Muzzucato, a Presidential Economic Advisory Council member, has breathed life into the contestations about the political economy and the role of the government in the state. Muzzucato has introduced a concept of an entrepreneurial state. She has argued that state-owned entreprises (SOES) become the backbone and the interlocutor of the government and the private sector in achieving t...

Opinion April 25, 2021 Each year towards the end of May we look to the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) to report the gross domestic product (GDP) numbers, which is the official word on the amount of new wealth we create during the year. Policymakers see the GDP as a reliable measure of economic performance and make increasing it the main goal of economic policy. This year, it will be closely watched to see how far we managed to come out of the economic hole of the previous two years. The ro...

Minister for Health enables secure access to COVID-19 Data Research Hub   Today, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD, has launched an initiative to facilitate safe and secure access to COVID-19 data for valid health research purposes. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has been maintaining a COVID-19 Data Research Hub since April 2020. To date this data has been used solely by a sub-group* of the National Public Health Emergency Team to conduct statistical analysis on heal...

Researchers can now apply for access to Irish Covid-19 data Image: © tippapatt/Stock.adobe.com Registered researchers will be able to apply for access to Ireland’s Covid-19 data research hub. Since April 2020, Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) has been maintaining a Covid-19 data research hub. This data has been solely used by a sub-group of the National Public Health Emergency Team to conduct statistical analysis on healthcare data. Now, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, TD, h...

National Statistics Day to be observed tomorrow 337 DHAKA, Feb 26, 2021 (BSS) – The National Statistics Day will be observed in the country tomorrow with the theme ‘Reliable Statistics, Part of Sustainable Development’ reflecting the importance of trust, authoritative data, innovation and the public good in national statistical systems. On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed their happiness that Bangladesh is going to observe the day for ...

(ROB MUNRO / iNFOnews.ca) January 27, 2021 - 7:00 AM Max Carbone not only helps newcomers get settled into Kelowna but he’s also a perfect example of why they’re flocking to the Central Okanagan. He and his wife, Anna, moved to Kelowna four years ago from Eastern Canada and bought Century 21 Assurance Realty. “I was fortunate to travel across Canada,” he told iNFOnews.ca. “I had a little grid on where is the best place in the country to live and my wife and I said, ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020  NewsdzeZimbabwe   THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is likely to fail to run the 2023 harmonised elections due to gross underfunding, Parliament has disclosed. This came out in a report on the 2021 National Budget by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice chaired by Makoni South MP, Misheck Mataranyika (Zanu PF). The country is set to hold harmonised elections in 2023. Zec was also supposed to hold by elections this month after the MDC-T led by Th...

Underfunded Zec likely to postpone 2023 elections BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is likely to fail to run the 2023 harmonised elections due to gross underfunding, Parliament has disclosed. This came out in a report on the 2021 National Budget by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice chaired by Makoni South MP, Misheck Mataranyika (Zanu PF). The country is set to hold harmonised elections in 2023. Zec was also supposed to hold by elections this month a...

ZEC requires $8,6bn for delimitation exercise Senior Reporter The $1,744 billion allocated in the 2021 National Budget by Treasury to allow the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to conduct the delimitation exercise ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, has been describe as grossly inadequate. However, legislators have called for more budgetary support for the exercise, which requires about $8,6 billion. The concerns were raised by Parliament’s portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and Par...