Top news items in major Zimbabwean media outlets

HARARE, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Zimbabwe's major meida outlets on Monday.

-- Zanu-PF provinces are today expected to submit to the party headquarters in Harare curriculum vitaes of aspiring candidates for the party's May 5 primary elections with the list of successful candidates out by the end of the week.(The Herald)

-- Botswana's new President Mokgweetsi Masisi is expected in Harare today on a one-day working visit and talks with his Zimbabwean counterpart President Emmerson Mnangagwa.(The Herald)

-- Three top officials are expected to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy today as the probe into the mining of diamonds from Chiadzwa goes a gear up.(The Herald)

-- Mining firms want Government to offer beneficiation incentives to fast track economic turnaround through rapid value addition of minerals, stimulation of industrialization, increased revenue, more jobs, skills promotion and technology transfer.(The Herald)

-- Fireworks are expected in Parliament today, when Vice-President Kembo Mohadi, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former police boss, Augustine Chihuri face grilling from the Temba Mliswa-led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy over the missing 15 billion U.S. dollars diamond revenue.(Newsday)

-- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned he might soon be forced to trim his Cabinet, revamp various government departments and appoint powerful executives to run parastatals to improve service delivery and drive his "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra. (Newsday) Enditem